Louse- and flea-borne rickettsioses: Biological and genomic analyses

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gillespie, Joseph J ^a,b   Ammerman, Nicole C ^b   Beier Sexton, Magda ^b   Sobral, Bruno S ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^b  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Epidemic and murine typhus; Recrudescent typhus; Rickettsial biology

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; FLEA; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; LICE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 65349164311     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008050     Document Type: Review

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