Experimental infection of rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks with the bacterium rickettsia rickettsii, using experimentally infected dogs

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-36

  Piranda, Eliane M ^a   Faccini, João Luiz H ^b   Pinter, Adriano ^c   Pacheco, Richard C ^d   Cançado, Paulo H D ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^e  

^a Escola Superior Batista do Amazonas   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dog; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia rickettsii; Tick

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 79251616709     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0250     Document Type: Article

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