Bacterial pathogens in ixodid ticks from a Piedmont county in North Carolina: Prevalence of rickettsial organisms

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 939-952

  Smith, Michael P ^a   Ponnusamy, Loganathan ^a   Jiang, Ju ^b   Ayyash, Luma Abu ^a   Richards, Allen L ^b   Apperson, Charles S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; American dog tick; Black legged tick; Borrelia lone star tick; Dermacentor variabilis; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ixodes scapularis; Pathogen prevalence; Rickettsia; Rickettsia amblyommii

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA; SAMPLE; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IXODES; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA LONESTARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 78650003629     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0178     Document Type: Article

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