Short report: Stable prevalence of powassan virus in Ixodes scapularis in a Northern Wisconsin focus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 971-973

  Brackney, Doug E ^a   Nofchissey, Robert A ^a   Fitzpatrick, Kelly A ^a   Brown, Ivy K ^a   Ebel, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

DEER TICK VIRUS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; POWASSAN VIRUS;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; IXODES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 57649222480     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.971     Document Type: Article

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