"rickettsia amblyommii" and R. montanensis infection in dogs following natural exposure to ticks

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-25

  Barrett, Anne ^a   Little, Susan E ^a   Shaw, Edward ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 301 MSCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Dogs; Rickettsia spp.; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Spotted fever group Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DOG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII INFECTION; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS INFECTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; OKLAHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84891695269     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1325     Document Type: Article

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