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Monday, 18 November 2002
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This presentation is part of : Display Presentations, Section D. Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Determining the geographical distribution of strains of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Amblyomma americanum ticks in southern Indiana using PCR amplification analysis of the VLPT and 120-kDa protein genes

Ali Seddighzadeh, Robert Pinger, and Fresia Steiner. Ball State University, Physiology and Health Science, Public Health Entomology Lab, Muncie, IN

Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks were collected from six counties in southern Indiana and processed for DNA extraction.

Species 1: Acari Ixodidae Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)
Species 2: Rickettsiales Rickettsiaceae Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Keywords: human monocytic ehrlichiosis, HME

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