Biology of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica live vaccine strain in the tick vector Dermacentor variabilis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mani, Rinosh J ^a   Reichard, Mason V ^a   Morton, Rebecca J ^a   Kocan, Katherine M ^a   Clinkenbeard, Kenneth D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE STRAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INOCULATION; LARVA; MOLTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; OOCYTE; OVARY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LARVA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NYMPH; OOCYTES; SALIVARY GLANDS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84859980363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035441     Document Type: Article

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