Distribution and infection frequency of 'Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii' in Maryland populations of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) and culture in an Anopheles gambiae mosquito cell line

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-42

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Ren, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Norris, Douglas E ^a,b   Rasgon, Jason L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Intracellular; Rickettsiosis; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARACHNID VECTORS; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; IXODIDAE; MALE; MARYLAND; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII;

EID: 84856569931     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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