Evidence of tick-borne organisms in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from the Western United States

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-362

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Davidson, William R ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Varela, Andrea S ^a   Swift, Pamela K ^b   Devos Jr , James C ^c   Dubay, Shelli A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer; Disease reservoir; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence; Serologic tests; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINDEER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARIZONA; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA; CALIFORNIA; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA PRIMERS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA CORIACEAE; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 32044474458     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.351     Document Type: Article

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