Rickettsia rickettsii (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Kansas

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 461-467

  Berrada, Zenda L ^a   Goethert, Heidi K ^a   Cunningham, Jenny ^a   Telford III, Sam R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lone star ticks; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; IXODIDAE; KANSAS; MISSOURI; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 79952713195     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10130     Document Type: Article

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