Survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and their rickettsia in an Atlantic rain forest reserve in the state of so Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 913-916

  Sabatini, Guilherme S ^a   Pinter, Adriano ^b   Nieri Bastos, Fernanda A ^a   Marcili, Arlei ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Superintendncia de Controle de Endemias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Haemaphysalis; Ixodes; Rickettsia; ticks

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; TICK; TREE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; IXODIDAE; RAIN; RICKETTSIA; TREES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA BRASILIENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; AMBLYOMMA INCISUM; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; AMBLYOMMA NAPONENSE; AMBLYOMMA NODOSUM; AMBLYOMMA OVALE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS JUXTAKOCHI; IXODES; IXODES LORICATUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 77956493279     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10073     Document Type: Article

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