Infection prevalences of common tick-borne pathogens in adult lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) in Kentucky

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 718-723

  Fritzen, Charissa M ^a   Huang, Junjun ^a   Westby, Kathleen ^a   Freye, James D ^b   Dunlap, Brett ^b   Yabsley, Michael J ^c   Schardein, Mike ^d   Dunn, John R ^a   Jones, Timothy F ^a   Moncayo, Abelardo C ^a  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Kentucky Department for Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; HOST; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BORRELIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PROCYON; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 80053926285     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0583     Document Type: Article

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