Experimental infection of the opossum Didelphis aurita by Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia bellii, and Rickettsia parkeri and evaluation of the transmission of the infection to ticks Amblyomma cajennense and Amblyomma dubitatum

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 959-967

  Horta, Maurício C ^a   Sabatini, Guilherme S ^b   Moraes Filho, Jonas ^b   Ogrzewalska, Maria ^b   Canal, Raoní B ^b   Pacheco, Richard C ^b   Martins, Thiago F ^b   Matushima, Eliana R ^b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b  

^a Projeto de Irrigação Senador Nilo Coelho s/n C1 ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Opposum; Rickettsia bellii; Rickettsia Felis; Rickettsia parkeri

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TICK;

ANIMALS; DIDELPHIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; RABBITS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS AURITA; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 78649986436     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0149     Document Type: Article

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