Open AccessDevelopment and Validation of an Improved PCR Method Using the 23S-5S Intergenic Spacer for Detection of Rickettsiae in Dermacentor variabilis Ticks and Tissue Samples from Humans and Laboratory Animals
Author(s) -
Madhavi L. Kakumanu,
Loganathan Ponnusamy,
Haley T. Sutton,
Steven R. Meshnick,
William L. Nicholson,
Charles S. Apperson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
carolina digital repository (university of north carolina at chapel hill)
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.17615/zc6r-5y08
Subject(s) - dermacentor variabilis , dermacentor , biology , dermacentor reticulatus , tick , zoology , ecology , ixodidae