Rickettsial infection in capybaras (Hyrochoerus hydrochaeris) from São Paulo Brazil: Serological evidence for infection by Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia parkeri

Biomedica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-371

  Pacheco, Richard C ^a   Horta, Mauricio C ^a   Moraes Filho, Jonas ^a   Ataliba, Alexandre C ^a   Pinter, Adriano ^a,b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Rickettsia; Rickettsia infections diagnosis; Rodentia; Serology; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; ANIMALIA; HYDROCHAERIS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 45949098397     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v27i3.199     Document Type: Article

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