Bartonella-like DNA detected in Ixodes tasmani ticks (Acari: Ixodida) infesting koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Victoria, Australia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-503

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

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bartonella; Ectoparasites; GltA; Ixodes tasmani; Koalas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; IXODES; IXODES TASMANI; IXODES TRICHOSURI; KOALA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; IXODES; MALE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; VICTORIA;

ACARI; BARTONELLA; IXODES TASMANI; IXODES TRICHOSURI; IXODIDA; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 70350343393     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0132     Document Type: Article

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