Natural History of Ehrlichia chaffeensis: Vertebrate hosts and tick vectors from the United States and evidence for endemic transmission in other countries

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 136-148

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Anatomic Pathology Service Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervid; Ehrlichiae; Tick borne illness; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE; WHITE TAILED DEER; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA; LEMUR CATTA; NEGIBACTERIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74449091843     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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