Detection of Borrelia, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia spp. in ticks in northeast Missouri

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 915-921

  Hudman, D A ^a   Sargentini, N J ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Dermacentor variabilis; Missouri; Tick borne agents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA LONESTARI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; DERMACENTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MISSOURI; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; DERMACENTOR; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDAE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MISSOURI; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84964253706     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.04.010     Document Type: Article

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