Detection of Rickettsia massiliae in Rhipicephalus sanguineus from the Eastern United States

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-69

  Fornadel, Christen M ^a   Smith, Joshua D ^b   Zawada, Sonya E ^b   Arias, Jorge R ^b   Norris, Douglas E ^a  

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

^b Disease Carrying Insects Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia massiliae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY;

IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84872181301     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1058     Document Type: Article

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