Rickettsia conorii Israeli tick typhus strain isolated from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in Portugal

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 444-447

  De Sousa, Rita ^a   Santos Silva, Margarida ^a   Santos, Anna Sofia ^a   Barros, Sílvia C ^b   Torgal, Jorge ^c   Walker, David H ^d   Bacellar, Fátima ^a  

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

^b Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^c NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Field studies; Tick(s); Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 35148821789     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0628     Document Type: Article

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