Community-based control of the brown dog tick in a region with high rates of rocky mountain spotted fever, 2012-2013

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Drexler, Naomi ^a   Miller, Mark ^b   Gerding, Justin ^b   Todd, Suzanne ^a,c   Adams, Laura ^c,d   Dahlgren, F Scott ^a   Bryant, Nelva ^a   Weis, Erica ^d,e   Herrick, Kristen ^d   Francies, Jessica ^d   Komatsu, Kenneth ^d   Piontkowski, Stephen ^f   Velascosoltero, Jose ^f   Shelhamer, Timothy ^f   Hamilton, Brian ^f   Eribes, Carmen ^g   Brock, Anita ^g   Sneezy, Patsy ^g   Goseyun, Cye ^g   Bendle, Harty ^g   Hovet, Regina ^g   Williams, Velda ^g   Massung, Robert ^a   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^e Inter Tribal Council of Arizona   (United States)

^f INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^g Tribe B Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SURVIVAL RATE; TICK INFESTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; TICK INFESTATIONS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARIZONA; DOGS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84917742842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112368     Document Type: Article

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