Francisella-like endosymbiont DNA and Francisella tularensis virulence-related genes in Brazilian ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-374

  Machado Ferreira, Erik ^a   Piesman, Joseph ^b   Zeidner, Nordin S ^b   Soares, Carlos A G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Francisella like endosymbiont; iglC; Ixodidae ticks; mglA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRAZIL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SYMBIOSIS;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR NITENS; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 63749117290     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0224     Document Type: Article

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