Rickettsia aeschlimannii sp. nov., a new spotted fever group Rickettsia associated with Hyalomma marginatum ticks

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 548-554

  Beati, Lorenza ^a   Meskini, Mostapha ^a   Thiers, Bernadette ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOROCCO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TICK;

RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII;

EID: 0030999172     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-548     Document Type: Article

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