Coincident tick infestations in the nostrils of wild chimpanzees and a human in Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 924-927

  Hamer, Sarah A ^a   Bernard, Andrew B ^b   Donovan, Ronan M ^b   Hartel, Jessica A ^c   Wrangham, Richard W ^d   Otali, Emily ^e   Goldberg, Tony L ^f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMBLYOMMA; APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; GROOMING; HABITAT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; TAXONOMY; TICK INFESTATION; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSE; NYMPH; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; UGANDA;

EID: 84888629692     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0081     Document Type: Article

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