Evidence of multiple zoonotic agents in a wild rodent community in the eastern Sierra Nevada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 737-742

  Adjemian, Jennifer Zipser ^a   Adjemian, Michael K ^a   Foley, Patrick ^b   Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Kasten, Rickie W ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; California; Fleas; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rodents; Ticks; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; TAMIAS AMOENUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 52949150449     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.3.737     Document Type: Article

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