Evidence of antibodies to spotted fever group rickettsiae in small mammals and quail from Mississippi

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Moraru, Gail Miriam ^a   Goddard, Jerome ^b   Murphy, Alexandria ^c   Link, Diana ^a   Belant, Jerrold L ^d   Varela Stokes, Andrea ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Ectoparasites; Gulf Coast tick; Rickettsiae; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON RAT; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; FOREST; HOST; LOUSE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SMALL MAMMAL; TICK; UNITED STATES; ACARI; ANIMAL; ANOPLURA; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COLINUS; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; SONGBIRD; VETERINARY; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VERTEBRATA;

ACARI; ANIMALS; ANOPLURA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIRD DISEASES; COLINUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MISSISSIPPI; PASSERIFORMES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84872187975     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1002     Document Type: Article

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