Multiplex qPCR assay for identification and differentiation of Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma cajennense, and Amblyomma maculatum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Tick Species in the Eastern United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 795-803

  Zemtsova, Galina E ^a   Watkins Jr , Norman E ^b   Levin, Michael L ^a  

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

^b DNA Software Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Amblyomma cajennense; Amblyomma maculatum; Amblyomma spp.; multiplex qPCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IXODIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; IXODIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903760445     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13221     Document Type: Article

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