Spotted fever group Rickettsia in brown dog ticks Rhipicephalus sanguineus in southwestern Spain

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-122

  Marquez F J ^a   Rodriguez Liebana J J ^a   Soriguer, R C ^b   Muniain M A ^c   Bernabeu Wittel, M ^d   Caruz, A ^a   Contreras Chova, F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; SPAIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 43049089303     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0938-z     Document Type: Article

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