Establishment of a laboratory colony of taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus for tick-borne pathogen transmission studies

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Konnai, Satoru ^a   Saito, Yoichi ^a   Nishikado, Hideto ^a   Yamada, Shinji ^a   Imamura, Saiki ^a   Mori, Akina ^a   Ito, Takuya ^b   Onuma, Misao ^a   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin gene; I. persulcatus; Ixodid tick; Laboratory colony; Life cycle; Vector

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; IXODES; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IXODES; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 40149111540     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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