Rickettsia infection in five areas of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 793-801

  Horta, Maurício C ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Pinter, Adriano ^b   Linardi, Pedro M ^c   Schumaker, Teresinha T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Fleas; Opossum; Rickettsia; Spotted fever; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; DIDELPHIDAE; EQUIDAE; IXODES; IXODES LORICATUS; IXODIDA; POLYGENIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHOPALOPSYLLUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 37048999978     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000700003     Document Type: Article

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