Transmission of bacterial agents from lone star ticks to white-tailed deer

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 478-483

  Varela Stokes, Andrea S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia lonestari; Deer; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ehrlichia ewingii; Lone star ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICK; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DEER; DNA PRIMERS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 34249692924     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[478:TOBAFL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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