A call for renewed research on tick-borne Francisella tularensis in the Arkansas-Missouri primary national focus of tularemia in humans

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-397

  Eisen, L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Francisella tularensis; Missouri; Ticks; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEASON; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARKANSAS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DERMACENTOR; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MISSOURI; RESEARCH; SEASONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TULAREMIA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34249655010     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[389:ACFRRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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