First description of Rickettsia monacensis in Ixodes ricinus in Algeria

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 261-262

  Dib, L ^a   Bitam, I ^b   Bensouilah, M ^c   Parola, P ^d   Raoult, D ^d  

^a University of El Tarf   (Algeria)

^b Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^c BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

IXODES RICINUS; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS;

EID: 73049084112     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02277.x     Document Type: Article

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