Confirmation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes scapularis, Southwestern Virginia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 821-823

  Herrin, Brian H ^a   Zajac, Anne M ^b   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU STRICTO; FEMALE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VIRGINIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84911020654     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1661     Document Type: Article

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