Experimental infection models of ticks of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group with Rickettsia conorii

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-372

  Matsumoto, Koutaro ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks; Rickettsia conorii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; THAILAND; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTEREMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DOGS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 32144452022     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.363     Document Type: Article

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