Feeding by Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) Enhances Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) Infection in the Skin

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 855-863

  Grasperge, Britton J ^a   Morgan, Timothy W ^b   Paddock, Christopher D ^c   Peterson, Karin E ^d   R MacAluso, Kevin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; C3H HeJ; Rickettsia; tick borne

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE; C3H MOUSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SKIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NECROSIS; NYMPH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84903791007     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13248     Document Type: Article

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