Cultivation of Rickettsia amblyommii in tick cells, prevalence in Florida lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum)

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sayler, Katherine A ^a   Wamsley, Heather L ^a   Pate, Melanie ^a   Barbet, Anthony F ^a   Alleman, A Rick ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Lone star tick; Rickettsia amblyommii; Tick cell culture; Tick borne

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HOST; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; FLORIDA; IXODIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 84902051205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-270     Document Type: Article

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