Ticks and tick-borne pathogens and putative symbionts of black bears (ursus americanus floridanus) from Georgia and Florida

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1125-1128

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Nims, Todd N ^a,b   Savage, Mason Y ^a   Durden, Lance A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Wildlife Resources Division   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIONT; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BEAR; BORRELIA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES; IXODES AFFINIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA COOLEYI; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; SYMBIONT; TICK; URSUS AMERICANUS FLORIDANUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; URSIDAE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA SP.; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77749283759     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2111.1     Document Type: Article

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