Co-feeding transmission of the ehrlichia muris-like agent to mice (Mus musculus)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 145-150

  Karpathy, Sandor E ^a   Allerdice, Michelle E J ^a   Sheth, Mili ^a   Dasch, Gregory A ^a   Levin, Michael L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Co feeding; Ehrlichia muris like agent (EMLA); Ixodes scapularis; Peromyscus leucopus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS LIKE AGENT; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEEDING; LARVA; MOUSE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUMAN; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MINNESOTA; NYMPH; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TICK INFESTATION; TRANSMISSION; WISCONSIN;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LARVA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MINNESOTA; NYMPH; PEROMYSCUS; RABBITS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TICK INFESTATIONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84959360566     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1878     Document Type: Article

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