Detection of vector-borne agents in lone star ticks, amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae), from Mississippi

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 473-476

  Castellaw, A H ^a   Showers, J ^b   Goddard, J ^c   Chenney, E F ^a   Varela Stokes, A S ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MS

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; BORRELIA SP.; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA SP.;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DNA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IXODIDAE; MISSISSIPPI; TICK INFESTATIONS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 77952003307     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09263     Document Type: Article

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