Survey of the vectorial competence of ticks in an endemic area of spotted fever group rickettsioses in Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 305-309

  Ishiguro, Fubito ^a   Takada, Nobuhiro ^b   Fujita, Hiromi ^d   Noji, Yoshihiro ^c   Yano, Yasuhiro ^d   Iwasaki, Hiromichi ^b  

^a Fukui Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^d National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fukui prefecture; Ixodes monospinosus; Rickettsia helvetica; Spotted fever group

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR TAIWANENSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HAEMAPHYSALIS FLAVA; HAEMAPHYSALIS JAPONICA; IXODES MONOSPINOSUS; IXODES OVATUS; IXODES PERSULCATUS; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA ASIATICA; RICKETTSIA HELVITICA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK;

IXODES MONOSPINOSUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 52649093845     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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