First molecular detection of R. conorii, R. aeschlimannii, and R. massiliae in ticks from Algeria

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 368-372

  Bitam, I ^a,b   Parola, P ^b,c   Matsumoto, K ^b   Rolain, J M ^b   Baziz, B ^d   Boubidi, S C ^a   Harrat, Z ^a   Belkaid, M ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Aix Marseille university   (France)

^d Institut National Agronomique   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Hyalomma; Rhipicephalus; Rickettsia aeschlimannii; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia massiliae; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ALGERIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 33845688227     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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