Detection of a spotted fever group Rickettsia in the tick Ixodes tasmani collected from koalas in Port Macquarie, Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 745-750

  Vilcins, Inger Marie E ^a   Old, Julie M ^b   Deane, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Ixodes tasmani; Koalas; Rickettsia; Spotted fever group

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOALA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; TICK;

ANIMALS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; TICKS;

IXODES; IXODES TASMANI; IXODIDA; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 49249085059     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[745:DOASFG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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