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...

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Main Authors: Jianmin Zhong, Algimantas Jasinskas, Alan G Barbour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1852332?pdf=render

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