Laboratory-infected Ehrlichia chaffeensis female adult Amblyomma americanum salivary glands reveal differential gene expression

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 547-554

  Karim, Shahid ^a   Browning, Rebecca ^a   Ali, Laila ^a   Truhett, Rachel ^a  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; PCR; qRT PCR; salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CRICETINAE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IXODIDAE; MALE; NYMPH; RABBITS; SALIVARY GLANDS;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861110457     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11214     Document Type: Article

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