Detection of two Bartonella famiae-Like sequences in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) using 16S-23S intergenic spacer region-specific primers

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-179

  Billeter, Sarah A ^a   Miller, Melissa K ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Levy, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine North   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Bartonella; PCR

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BARTONELLA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, INTERGENIC; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 38949147422     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[176:DOTBTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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