Detection of Rickettsia spp. in Haemaphysalis ticks collected in La Rioja, Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-658

  Portillo, Aránzazu ^a   Santibáñez, Paula ^a   Santibáñez, Sonia ^a   Pérez Martínez, Laura ^a   Oteo, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Rickettsia; Tick(s)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GLTA GENE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CINNABARINA PUNCTATA; HAEMAPHYSALIS INERMIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS SULCATA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; OMPB GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA HOOGSTRAALII; SPAIN; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; RICKETTSIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS INERMIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HAEMAPHYSALIS SULCATA; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 53549130703     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0272     Document Type: Article

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