Survey of Rickettsia spp in the ticks Amblyomma cajennense and Amblyomma dubitatum in the State of São Paulo;Pesquisa de Rickettsia spp em carrapatos Amblyomma cajennense e Amblyomma dubitatum no Estado de São Paulo

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-353

  De Campos Pacheco, Richard ^a   Horta, Maurício Cláudio ^a   Pinter, Adriano ^b   Moraes Filho, Jonas ^a   Martins, Thiago Fernandes ^a   Nardi, Marcello Schiavo ^a   De Souza, Savina Silvana Aparecida Lacerra ^b   De Souza, Celso Eduardo ^b   Szabó, Matias Pablo Juan ^c   Richtzenhain, Leonardo José ^a   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Amblyomma dubitatum; Isolation in cell culture; Rickettsia bellii; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOLYMPH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BRAZIL; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 70349296021     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000300023     Document Type: Article

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