Rickettsial spotted fever in Capoeirão village, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 297-301

  Vianna, Manoella Campostrini Barreto ^a   Horta, Maurício Claudio ^a   Sangioni, Luis Antônio ^a   Cortez, Adriana ^a   Soares, Rodrigo Martins ^a   Mafra, Cláudio Lisias ^b   Galvão, Márcio Antônio Moreira ^c   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^a   Gennari, Solange Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Indirect immunofluorescence assay; Itabira; PCR; Rickettsia rickettsii; Spotted fever

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLTA; PROTEIN HTRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICKS;

EID: 56049088569     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000500009     Document Type: Article

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