Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Ethiopia and Chad

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 945-949

  Mura, Alessandra ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^b   Ginesta, Jacques ^c   Lafrance, Bertrand ^d   Magnan, Stéphan ^d   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Davoust, Bernard ^e   Raoult, Didier ^b   Parola, Philippe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Eléments Français au Tchad ^*  (Chad)

^d Direction interarmee du Service de sante des armees francaises a Djibouti   (Djibouti)

^e Direction Regionale du Service de Sante des Armees de Toulon   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Chad; Ethiopia; PCR; Rickettsia; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN GLTA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA LEPIDUM; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHIOPIA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; CHAD; ETHIOPIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 48449094390     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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