Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hyalomma ticks from Corsica

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 732-734

  Matsumoto, K ^a   Parola, P ^a   Brouqui, P ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYALOMMA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNI; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRDS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SUS SCROFA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 4644352353     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1190-9     Document Type: Article

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