Effects of infection by arsenophonus and rickettsia bacteria on the locomotive ability of the ticks amblyomma americanum, dermacentor variabilis, and ixodes scapularis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-162

  Kagemann, Jonathan ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Arsenophonus; Dermacentor variabilis; Ixodes scapularis; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMACENTOR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; IXODES; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; IXODES; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARSENOPHONUS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 84872739679     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12086     Document Type: Article

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