Comparison of the efficiency of biological transmission of Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) by Dermacentor andersoni stiles (Acari: Ixodidae) with mechanical transmission by the horse fly, Tabanus fuscicostatus hine (Diptera: Muscidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-114

  Scoles, Glen A ^a   Miller, J Allen ^b   Foil, Lane D ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasmosis; Horse flies; Mechanical transmission; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSCIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DERMACENTOR; INSECT VECTORS; MUSCIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MUSCIDAE; RICKETTSIALES; TABANIDAE; TABANUS ATRATUS; TABANUS FUSCICOSTATUS;

EID: 38949100053     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[109:COTEOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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