Strains of ehrlichia chaffeensis in Southern Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Carolina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1468-1473

  Seddighzadeh, Ali ^a   Pinger, Robert R ^b   Zercher, Amy ^b   Steiner, Fresia E ^b   Klyachko, Olga ^c   Vann, Carolyn N ^b   Clay, Keith ^c   Fuqua, Clay ^c  

^a BIOGEN   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis strains; Nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), variable length PCR target, sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; INDIANA; IXODIDAE; KENTUCKY; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH CAROLINA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 75549088022     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0633     Document Type: Article

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