Detection and identification of the aetiological agent of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) in two genera of ticks in Cyprus

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 597-598

  Psaroulaki, Anna ^a   Loukaidis, Fidias ^b   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Veterinary Services of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Detection; Hyalomma; Mediterranean spotted fever; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia conorii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CYPRUS; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SHEEP; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HYALOMMA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 0033380236     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90061-5     Document Type: Article

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