Rickettsia rickettsii in Rhipicephalus ticks, Mexicali, Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 418-421

  Eremeeva, Marina E ^a   Zambrano, Maria L ^a   Anaya, Luis ^b   Beati, Lorenza ^c   Karpathy, Sandor E ^a   Santos Silva, Maria Margarida ^c,d   Salceda, Beatriz ^b   Macbeth, Donald ^e   Olguin, Hector ^e   Dasch, Gregory A ^a   Aranda, Celia Alpuche ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^e Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica Y Control de Enfermedades   (Mexico)

Author keywords

genotyping; Rhipicephalus ticks; Rickettsia rickettsii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 79952710119     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10181     Document Type: Article

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