Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis collected from southeastern Virginia, 2010-2011

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 978-982

  Wright, Chelsea L ^a   Gaff, Holly D ^a   Hynes, Wayne L ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Dermacentor variabilis; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ehrlichia ewingii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; DERMACENTOR; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; VIRGINIA; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DERMACENTOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84906072738     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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