Reservoir competence of the redwood chipmunk (Tamias ochrogenys) for Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 573-577

  Nieto, Nathan C ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease ecology; Ixodes; Sciurid; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE DURATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IXODES; IXODES PACIFUS; LARVA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; RODENT; TAMIAS OCHROGENYS; WILD ANIMAL; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIOSIS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIURIDAE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS OCHROGENYS;

EID: 72749125849     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0142     Document Type: Article

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