Antibiotic treatment of the tick vector Amblyomma americanum reduced reproductive fitness.
BACKGROUND: The lone star tick Amblyomma americanum is a common pest and vector of infectious diseases for humans and other mammals in the southern and eastern United States. A Coxiella sp. bacterial endosymbiont was highly prevalent in both laboratory-reared and field-collected A. americanum. The C...
Main Authors: | Jianmin Zhong, Algimantas Jasinskas, Alan G Barbour |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1852332?pdf=render |
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