Rickettsia sp. strain RpA4 detected in Portuguese Dermacentor marginatus ticks

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-220

  Vitorino, Liliana ^a,b   De Sousa, Rita ^b   Bacellar, Fatima ^b   Zé Zé, Líbia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

Dermacentor marginatus; Mediterranean spotted fever; Rickettsia; Rickettsia sp. Rpa4

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR PARUMAPERTUS; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA;

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 34547637290     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0603     Document Type: Article

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