The prevalence of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens in ixodes scapularis collected in the hudson valley, new york state

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 245-250

  Aliota, Matthew T ^a   Dupuis, Alan P ^a   Wilczek, Michael P ^b   Peters, Ryan J ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^c   Kramer, Laura D ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia microti; Blacklegged tick; Borrelia burgdorferi; Co infection; Deer tick virus; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ixodes scapularis; Powassan virus

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BABESIOSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; GENETICS; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COINFECTION; CRICETINAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICE; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84928214960     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1475     Document Type: Article

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