Transmission of Rickettsia massiliae in the tick, Rhipicephalus turanicus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-270

  Matsumoto, K ^a   Ogawa, M ^a   Brouqui, P ^a   Raoult, D ^a,b   Parola, P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Corsica; Rhipicephalus turanicus; Rickettsia massiliae Bar29; Transmission by co feeding; Transovarial transmission; Transstadial transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACARI; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 25444507465     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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