Transmission efficiency of Francisella tularensis by Adult American Dog Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 884-890

  Reese, Sara M ^a   Petersen, Jeannine M ^a   Sheldon, Sarah W ^a   Dolan, Marc C ^a   Dietrich, Gabrielle ^a   Piesman, Joseph ^a   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor variabilis; tick borne diseases; tularemia; vector competency; vector efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DERMACENTOR; DOGS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NYMPH; OKLAHOMA; TULAREMIA;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 79960474302     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11005     Document Type: Article

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