Habitat factors influencing distributions of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis in the Mississippi alluvial valley

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 563-573

  Manangan, J S ^a   Schweitzer, S H ^a   Nibbelink, N ^a   Yabsley, M J ^a   Gibbs, S E J ^a   Wimberly, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Forest fragmentation; Geographic information systems; Landscape ecology; Mississippi alluvial valley; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLOODING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOIL MOISTURE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MISSISSIPPI; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 37549000921     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0116     Document Type: Article

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