Continous alert for rickettsiosis in Sicily: Molecular characterization of rickettsia sp. obtained from ticks and human beings (1986-2001)

New Microbiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-379

  Giammanco, Giovanni Maurizio ^a   Di Rosa, Salvatore ^b   Ammatuna, Pietro ^a   Mansueto, Pasquale ^a   Micalizzi, Anna ^a   Vitale, Giustina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Villa Sofia Whitaker   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rickettsiae; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SICILY; TICKS;

ACARI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 29244461465     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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