Isolation of cell lines and a rickettsial endosymbiont from the soft tick Carios capensis (acari: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1091-1101

  Mattila, Joshua T ^a,b   Burkhardt, Nicole Y ^a   Hutcheson, H Joel ^a,c   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Endosymbiont; Phylogeny; RCCE3; Seabird soft tick

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; CELL LINE; OVUM; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; AVES; CARIOS CAPENSIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORNITHODORINAE; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 36749080024     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[1091:IOCLAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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