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Failure to transmit Ehrlichia canis (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) with Otobius megnini (Acari: Argasidae)
S A Ewing1, J R Harkess, K M Kocan
1College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078.
Journal of Medical Entomology
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
An ear tick, Otobius megnini (Dugès) recovered from a child who had serologic evidence of ehrlichiosis, was examined for Ehrlichia species microscopically and by inoculation into a susceptible dog; no evidence of infection was found in the tick. Experimental transmission of E. canis by laboratory-reared O. megnini was attempted; neither transstadial nor transovarial transmission occurred.