Detection of Rickettsia Amblyommii in Ticks Collected from Missouri, USA

Overview

Journal Emerg Microbes Infect

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2015 Jun 4

PMID 26038740

Citations 4

Authors

Meghan Hermance

Rodrigo I Marques Dos Santos

Dar Heinze

Nicole Hausser

Donald H Bouyer

Saravanan Thangamani

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