Spotted-fever group Rickettsia in Dermacentor variabilis, Maryland

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1478-1481

  Ammerman, Nicole C ^a   Swanson, Katherine I ^a   Anderson, Jennifer M ^a   Schwartz, Timothy R ^a   Seaberg, Eric C ^a   Glass, Gregory E ^a   Norris, Douglas E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TICK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3542995677     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1008.030882     Document Type: Article

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