Rickettsial infections of dogs, horses and ticks in Juiz de Fora, southeastern Brazil, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Pacheco, R C ^a   Moraes Filho, J ^b   Guedes, E ^c   Silveira, I ^b   Richtzenhain, L J ^b   Leite, R C ^c   Labruna, M B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs; Horses; Isolation in cell culture; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia rickettsii; Serosurvey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; HORSE; IMMUNOASSAY; LAGOMORPH; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CERCOPITHECUS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAGOMORPH; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IXODIDAE; LAGOMORPHA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; VERO CELLS;

BRAZIL; JUIZ DE FORA; MINAS GERAIS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 79955958048     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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