A novel Rickettsia infecting Amblyomma dubitatum ticks in Brazil

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-212

  Almeida, Aliny P ^a   Cunha, Lucas M ^b   Bello, Ana Cristina P P ^b   da Cunha, Arildo P ^b   Domingues, Luísa N ^b   Leite, Romário C ^b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Amblyomma dubitatum; Brazil; Ixodidae; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GLTA GENE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HRTA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA TAMURAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 81855194307     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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