Tick microbiome: The force within

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 315-323

  Narasimhan, Sukanya ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Tick endosymbionts; Tick microbiome

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CARRIER; ENDOSYMBIONT; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SANGUIVORE; SYMBIOSIS; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOTA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84937517197     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.03.010     Document Type: Review

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