Effects of homologous and heterologous immunization on the reservoir competence of domestic dogs for Rickettsia conorii (israelensis)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-40

  Levin, M L ^a   Zemtsova, G E ^a   Montgomery, M ^a   Killmaster, L F ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal transmission; Immunization; Reservoir competence; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia conorii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DOG DISEASES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 84888368502     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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