Spotted fever group Rickettsia in ticks from southeastern Spain natural parks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 185-194

  Márquez, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Ixodidae; Jaen; Spain; Spotted fever group Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SPAIN; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SPAIN; TICKS;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; JAEN [ANDALUCIA]; JAEN [JAEN (PRV)]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA LUSITANICUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 51349157980     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9181-7     Document Type: Article

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