Characterization of a novel relapsing fever spirochete in the midgut, coxal fluid, and salivary glands of the bat tick carios kelleyi

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 643-647

  Schwan, Tom G ^a   Raffel, Sandra J ^a   Schrumpf, Merry E ^a   Gill, James S ^b   Piesman, Joseph ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Relapsing fever; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CONCATENATED DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA TURICATAE; CARIOS KELLEYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDGUT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA; CHIROPTERA; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IOWA; MALE; MICE; ORNITHODOROS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSING FEVER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA TURICATAE; CARIOS; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 68049108987     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0177     Document Type: Article

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