The role of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the eco-epidemiology of R. slovaca in northeastern Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Ortuño, Anna ^a   Quesada, M ^a   Lopez Claessens S ^a   Castella J ^a   Sanfeliu, I ^a   Anton E ^a   Segura Porta, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

D. marginatus; Eco epidemiology; R. slovaca; Ticks; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR PARUMAPERTUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NONHUMAN; OMPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; TICK BITE; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES;

DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIA SP.; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 34247181181     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0576     Document Type: Article

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