Serologic survey of Eptesicus fuscus from Georgia, U.S.A. for Rickettsia and Borrelia and laboratory transmission of a Rickettsia by bat ticks

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 386-389

  Reeves, Will K ^a   Streicker, Daniel G ^a   Loftis, Amanda D ^a   Dasch, Gregory A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Borrelia; Carios kelleyi; Relapsing fever spirochetes; Rickettsia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; ORNITHODOROS; RELAPSING FEVER; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA HERMSII; CARIOS; CAVIA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; IXODIDA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 33847065846     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[386:SSOEFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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