Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia raoultii in dermacentor marginatus ticks collected on wild boars in Tuscany, Italy

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1490-1493

  Selmi, Marco ^a   Martello, Elisa ^b   Bertolotti, Luigi ^b   Bisanzio, Donal ^b   Tomassone, Laura ^b  

^a ASL 2   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermacentor marginatus; Rickettsia raoultii; Rickettsia slovaca; Wild boars

Indexed keywords

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SWINE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SUS SCROFA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 75549086994     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0636     Document Type: Article

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