Incongruent effects of two isolates of rickettsia conorii on the survival of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-359

  Levin, M L ^a   Killmaster, L ^a   Zemtsova, G ^a   Grant, D ^a   Mumcuoglu, K Y ^b   Eremeeva, M E ^a   Dasch, G A ^a  

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

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infection; Molting success; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia israelensis; Tick survival

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; COLONIAL ORGANISM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ETIOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; LARVA; MICE; NYMPH; RABBITS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; MUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70449535719     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9268-9     Document Type: Article

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