Detection of a Borrelia species in questing Gulf Coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 449-452

  Lee, Jung Keun ^a   Smith, Whitney Crow ^a   McIntosh, Chelsea ^a   Ferrari, Flavia Girao ^b   Moore Henderson, Brittany ^a   Varela Stokes, Andrea ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Merck Animal Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Borrelia; Gulf Coast ticks; Spirochetes

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; FLAB FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPIROCHETE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MISSISSIPPI; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TICK INFESTATION;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA SP.; BORRELIA TURCICA; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORNITHODOROS; REPTILIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84901609620     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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