New approaches to detection and identification of Rickettsia africae and Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from the Caribbean

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 942-951

  Robinson, Jennilee B ^a   Eremeeva, Marina E ^a   Olson, Patrick E ^b   Thornton, Scott A ^b   Medina, Michael J ^b   Sumner, John W ^a   Dasch, Gregory A ^a  

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

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Dermatophilus congolensis; Ehrlichia ruminantium; Rickettsia africae; RJiipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMISTRY; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOOPHILUS; BOS; BOVIDAE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DERMATOPHILUS; DERMATOPHILUS CONGOLENSIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE;

EID: 68149120416     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0429     Document Type: Article

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