Characterization of Dermacentor variabilis molecules associated with rickettsial infection

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 384-388

  Macaluso, Kevin R ^a   Mulenga, Albert ^b   Simser, Jason A ^c   Azad, Abdu F ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Rickettsia; Tick; Transovarial transmission

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMACENTOR; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENESIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ACARI; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845704716     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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