Experimental infection of capybaras Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris by Rickettsia rickettsii and evaluation of the transmission of the infection to ticks Amblyomma cajennense

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 116-121

  Souza, Celso E ^a   Moraes Filho, Jonas ^b   Ogrzewalska, Maria ^b   Uchoa, Franscisco C ^a   Horta, Mauricio C ^b   Souza, Savina S L ^a   Borba, Renata C M ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b  

^a SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Capybara; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; Rickettsia rickettsii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPYBARA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GLTA GENE; GUINEA PIG; HEMATOLOGY; HOST; HYDROCHOERUS HYDROCHAERIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TICK;

ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; IXODIDAE; NYMPH; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RODENTIA;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; CAVIA; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 63149083989     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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