Rickettsia felis in the Americas

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 156-158

  Galvao M A M ^a,b   Zavala Velazquez, J E ^c   Zavala Castro, J E ^c   Mafra, C L ^d   Calic, S B ^e   Walker, D H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^e FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Rickettsia felis; Rickettsioses

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

RICKETTSIA FELIS;

EID: 33845695459     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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