Co-feeding as a route for transmission of Rickettsia conorii israelensis between Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-392

  Zemtsova, G ^a   Killmaster, L F ^a   Mumcuoglu, K Y ^b   Levin, M L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Co feeding; Immunity; Infection; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia conorii; Transstadial transmission

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 78149500007     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9375-7     Document Type: Article

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