Co-circulating microorganisms in questing Ixodes scapularis nymphs in Maryland

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-251

  Swanson, Katherine I ^a,b   Norris, Douglas E ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Co circulating; Ixodes scapularis; Rickettsia spp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IXODES; MARYLAND; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 40949106536     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[243:CMIQIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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