Ticks and spotted fever group rickettsiae of southeastern Virginia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-57

  Nadolny, Robyn M ^a   Wright, Chelsea L ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Hynes, Wayne L ^a   Gaff, Holly D ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Amblyomma maculatum; Dermacentor variabilis; Rickettsia amblyommii; Rickettsia montanensis; Rickettsia parkeri

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA ANDEANAE; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODES AFFINIS; IXODES BRUNNEUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SYMBIONT; TICK; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; VIRGINIA;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODES AFFINIS; IXODES BRUNNEUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICKS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84888358033     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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