Vector of Trypanosoma copemani identified as Ixodes sp.

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 866-872

  Austen, J M ^a   Ryan, U M ^a   Friend, J A ^b   Ditcham, W G F ^a   Reid, S A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ixodes; marsupial; quokka; tick; trypanosomes; vector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; IXODES; IXODES AUSTRALIENSIS; IXODES HIRSTI; IXODES MYRMECOBII; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA COPEMANI;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BLOOD; FECES; IXODES; MACROPODIDAE; POTOROIDAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

IXODES; IXODES HIRSTI; IXODES MYRMECOBII; IXODIDA; METATHERIA; POTOROUS; SETONIX BRACHYURUS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 79958837510     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011000497     Document Type: Article

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