Population genetic structure of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis at an apparent spatial expansion front

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 543-550

  Kelly, Rebecca R ^a   Gaines, David ^b   Gilliam, Will F ^a   Brinkerhoff, R Jory ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acari; Disease ecology; Epidemiology; Range expansion; Tick borne disease; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION; VIRGINIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DEER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84951905544     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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