Evaluation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels for Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-207

  Dugan, Vivien G ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Tate, Cynthia M ^a   Mead, Daniel G ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^b   Herron, Michael J ^b   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Little, Susan E ^a   Davidson, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilim; Ixodes scapularis; Sentinel system; Ticks; White tail deer

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P44; RNA 16S;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS GENE; WHITE TAILED DEER; XENODIAGNOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 33746198004     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.192     Document Type: Article

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