Arthropod vectors and vector-borne bacterial Pathogens in Yosemite National Park

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-110

  Fleer, Katryna A ^a,b   Foley, Patrick ^b   Calder, Lee ^b   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia species; feas; plague; ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FLEA; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; MAMMALS; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIPODIDAE; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BELDINGI; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZAPUS PRINCEPS;

EID: 79551643317     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10040     Document Type: Article

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