Characterization of Rickettsia spp. circulating in a silent peri-urban focus for Brazilian spotted fever in Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil;Caracterização de Rickettsia spp. circulante em foco silencioso de febre maculosa brasileira no Município de Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 495-501

  Cardoso, Luciane Daniele ^a   Freitas, Renata Nascimento ^a   Mafra, Cláudio Lísias ^b   Neves, Cristiane Vilas Boas ^a   Bacellar Figueira, Fátima Cristina ^c   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^d   Gennari, Solange M ^d   Walker, David Hughes ^e   Galvão, Márcio Antônio Moreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod Vectors; Rickettsia; Rickettsia Infectious; Spotted Fever

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646412288     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2006000300004     Document Type: Article

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