Gulf coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and Rickettsia parkeri, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 751-753

  Sumner, John W ^a   Durden, Lance A ^b   Goddard, Jerome ^c   Stromdahl, Ellen Y ^d   Clark, Kerry L ^e   Reeves, Will K ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a  

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

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247868894     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1305.061468     Document Type: Article

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