Detection of a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Amblyomma parvum ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Argentina

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Pacheco, Richard C ^a   Moraes Filho, Jonas ^a   Nava, Santiago ^b   Brandão, Paulo E ^a   Richtzenhain, Leonardo J ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amblyomma parvum; Argentina; Rickettsia; Spotted fever group; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA; GENE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA PARVUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 34548668713     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9099-5     Document Type: Article

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