Experimental infection of opossums Didelphis aurita by Rickettsia rickettsii and evaluation of the transmission of the infection to ticks Amblyomma cajennense

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-117

  Horta, Maurício C ^a,b   Moraes Filho, Jonas ^a   Casagrande, Renata A ^a   Saito, Tais B ^a   Rosa, Simone C ^a   Ogrzewalska, Maria ^a   Matushima, Eliana R ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Veterinário   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Didelphis aurita; Opossum; Rickettsia rickettsii

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE TARGETING; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; DIDELPHIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GUINEA PIGS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TIME FACTORS;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; CAVIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS AURITA; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 60249088478     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0114     Document Type: Article

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