Population survey of Egyptian arthropods for Rickettsial agents

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 364-367

  Loftis, Amanda D ^a,c   Reeves, Will K ^a   Szumlas, Daniel E ^b   Abbassy, Magda M ^b   Helmy, Ibrahim M ^b   Moriarity, John R ^a   Dasch, Gregory A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Argasidae; Bartonella; Coxiella; Ixodidae; Rickettsia; Siphonaptera

Indexed keywords

DNA; RICKETTSIA VACCINE;

ANAPLASMA; ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; CONFERENCE PAPER; COXIELLA BURNETII; EGYPT; EHRLICHIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEVER; FLEA; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TICK;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BARTONELLA; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33845701371     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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