Borrelia burgdorferi DNA absent, multiple Rickettsia spp. DNA present in ticks collected from a teaching forest in North Central Florida

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 53-59

  Sayler, Katherine ^a,b   Rowland, Jessica ^b   Boyce, Carisa ^a,b   Weeks, Emma ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Borrelia lonestari; Ixodes scapularis; Lone star tick; Lyme disease; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOREST; INSECT BITE; IXODES; IXODES AFFINIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SPRING; TICK; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FORESTS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 85002251416     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.09.016     Document Type: Article

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