Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia sp. TwKM03 infecting Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Ctenocephalides felis collected from dogs in a Brazilian spotted fever focus in the State of Rio De Janeiro/Brazil

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 267-268

  Gehrke, F S ^a   Gazeta, G S ^b   Souza, E R ^a   Ribeiro, A ^a   Marrelli, M T ^a   Schumaker, T T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; CHILD; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FLEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TICK;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 73049115242     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02229.x     Document Type: Article

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