Isolation of Rickettsia rhipicephali and Rickettsia bellii from Haemaphysalis juxtakochi ticks in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 869-873

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Pacheco, Richard C ^a   Richtzenhain, Leonardo J ^a   Szabó, Matias P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; DNA; GENES; PATHOLOGY;

HAEMAPHYSALIS JUXTAKOCHI; PATHOGEN; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI;

BACTERIA;

DNA;

BACTERIUM; DNA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOLATED POPULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GLTA GENE; HAEMAPHYSALIS JUXTAKOCHI; HTRA GENE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; OMPB GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TICK; UNITED STATES; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VERO CELLS;

BRAZIL; NORTH AMERICA; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)]; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMAPHYSALIS JUXTAKOCHI; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 33846922026     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02249-06     Document Type: Article

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