Prevalence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks from Southern Israel

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 979-982

  Guberman, Dror ^a   Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^a,b   Keysary, Avi ^a,c   Ioffe Uspensky, Inna ^a,b   Miller, Jacqueline ^a,b   Galun, Rachel ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immunofluorescence; Mediterranean spotted fever; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia conorii; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA EXCAVATUM; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA; TICKS;

EID: 0030280846     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.6.979     Document Type: Article

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