Tick-borne rickettiosis in Guadeloupe, the French West Indies: Isolation of Rickettsia africae from Amblyomma variegatum ticks and serosurvey in humans, cattle, and goats

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 888-893

  Parola, Philippe ^a   Vestris, Guy ^a   Martinez, Dominique ^b   Brochier, Bernard ^c   Roux, Veronique ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Ctr Coop Internationale Rech A   (Guadeloupe)

^c Centre de Biologie Médicale   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GOAT; GUADELOUPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0032985264     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.888     Document Type: Article

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