Absence of Rickettsia rickettsii and occurrence of other spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Tennessee

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 653-657

  Moncayo, Abelardo C ^a   Cohen, Sara B ^a   Fritzen, Charissa M ^a   Huang, Eileen ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^b   Freye, James D ^c   Dunlap, Brett G ^c   Huang, Junjun ^a   Mead, Daniel G ^b   Jones, Timothy F ^a   Dunn, John R ^a  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; IXODES; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA COOLEYI; RICKETTSIA MONTANA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; TICK; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; DERMACENTOR; IXODES; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA COOLEYI; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

ANIMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENNESSEE; TICKS;

EID: 77957075407     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0197     Document Type: Article

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