Vector competence of the tick Ixodes ricinus for transmission of Bartonella birtlesii

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Reis, Caroline ^a   Cote, Martine ^a   Le Rhun, Danielle ^a   Lecuelle, Benoit ^b   Levin, Michael L ^c   Vayssier Taussat, Muriel ^a   Bonnet, Sarah I ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; IXODES RICINUS; LARVAL STAGE; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; SALIVARY GLAND DUCT; TICK BITE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; IXODES; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RODENT DISEASES; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 79957986281     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001186     Document Type: Article

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