Prevalence of rickettsia species in canadian populations of dermacentor andersoni and D. variabilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1786-1789

  Dergousoff, Shaun J ^a   Gajadhar, Andrew J A ^a   Chilton, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST SPECIFICITIES;

ADULT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMPATRY; TICK;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANADA; DERMACENTOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 62149132541     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02554-08     Document Type: Article

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