Serologic survey for rickettsiosis in bats from São Paulo City, Brazil

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 459-463

  D'Auria, Sandra Regina N ^a   Camargo, Maria Cecilia G O ^a   Pacheco, Richard C ^b   Savani, Elisa San Martin Mouriz ^a   Dias, Maria Adelaide Galvão ^a   Da Rosa, Adriana Ruckert ^a   De Almeida, Marilene Fernandes ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b  

^a Laboratory of Zoonoses and Vector Borne Diseases Center for the Control of Zoonosis of São Paulo City   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bat; Brazil; Rickettsia; S o Paulo; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; ARGASIDAE; MOLOSSIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77954205020     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0070     Document Type: Article

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