Spotted fever group rickettsiae in multiple hard tick species from fairfax county, Virginia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 482-485

  Henning, Tyler C ^a   Orr, John M ^b   Smith, Joshua D ^b   Arias, Jorge R ^b   Norris, Douglas E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Disease Carrying Insects Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor variabilis; Haemaphysalis leporispalustris; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia parkeri

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FEVER; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK INFESTATIONS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK INFESTATIONS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84904304725     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1534     Document Type: Article

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