Distribution of spotted fever group rickettsiae in select tissues of experimentally infected and field-collected Gulf Coast ticks

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 687-690

  Edwards, Kristine T ^a   Goddard, Jerome ^a   Varela Stokes, Andrea ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf Coast ticks; infection; Rickettsia; Rickettsia parkeri; spotted fever group

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IXODIDAE; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 79955971803     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10090     Document Type: Article

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