Pathogen prevalence and blood meal identification in Amblyomma ticks as a means of reservoir host determination for ehrlichial pathogens K.A. Pierce,

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Pathogen prevalence and blood meal identification in Amblyomma ticks as a means of reservoir host determination for ehrlichial pathogens K.A. Pierce, C.D. Paddock, J.W. Sumner, W.L. Nicholson Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 15, Pages 37-38 (December 2009) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02166.x Copyright © 2009 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Gel electrophoresis of spiked positive control samples amplified with cytochrome b nested protocol. Marker, ϕX/HAE III; lane 1, negative control; lane 2, white-tailed deer DNA; lane 3, unfed A. americanum larvae; lanes 4–9, unfed A. americanum larvae with deer DNA dilutions 100, 10–1, 10–2, 10–4 and 10–5 Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2009 15, 37-38DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02166.x) Copyright © 2009 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions