Discovery of filarial nematode DNA in Amblyomma americanum in Northern Virginia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 315-318

  Henning, Tyler C ^a   Orr, John M ^b   Smith, Joshua D ^b   Arias, Jorge R ^b   Rasgon, Jason L ^c   Norris, Douglas E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Disease Carrying Insects Program   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Filarial nematode; Monanema

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELMINTH DNA;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILARIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERMEDIATE HOST; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MALE; MONANEMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; CLASSIFICATION; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; IXODIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; IXODES; IXODIDAE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84958884885     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.11.007     Document Type: Article

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