Detection of a Hepatozoon and spotted fever group Rickettsia species in the common marsupial tick (Ixodes tasmani) collected from wild Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii), Tasmania

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Vilcins, Inger Marie E ^a   Old, Julie M ^b   Deane, Elizabeth ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatozoon; Ixodes tasmani; Rickettsia; Tasmanian devil; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; IXODES; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIA; IXODES; MARSUPIALIA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FELIDAE; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON FELIS; IXODES TASMANI; IXODIDA; METATHERIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 67349091130     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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