Detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae in dermacentor species from Southern California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-516

  Wikswo, Mary E ^a,b   Hu, Renjie ^c   Dasch, Gregory A ^a   Krueger, Laura ^c   Arugay, Aaron ^d   Jones, Keith ^e   Hess, Barry ^e   Bennett, Stephen ^f   Kramer, Vicki ^c   Eremeeva, Marina E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Vector Borne Disease Section   (United States)

^d Los Angeles County West Vector Control District   (United States)

^e Riverside County Department of Environmental Health ^*  (United States)

^f Orange County Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor occidentalis; Dermacentor variabilis; Rickettsia rhipicephali; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rocky mountain spotted fever

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; DERMACENTOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 44449148822     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[509:DAIOSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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