Volume 4, Number 2—June 1998

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Molecular Characterization of a Novel Rickettsia Species from Ixodes scapularis in Texas

Adrian N. Billings*, Glenna J. Teltow†, Scott C. Weaver*, and David H. Walker*

Author affiliations: *University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA; †Bureau of Laboratories, Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas, USA

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Figure 1

Figure 1. Photomicrograph of crushed midgut tissues of the fluorescent antibody-positive Ixodes scapularis specimen. Slides were incubated with fluorescein isothiocyanateconjugated rabbit antibodies to Rickettsia rickettsii and examined by fluorescent microscopy. Magnification 400X.

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