Rickettsia species infecting Amblyomma ticks from an area endemic for brazilian spotted fever in Brazil;Rickettsia infectando carrapatos Amblyomma de uma área endêmica para febre maculosa Brasileira no brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 308-311

  Guedes, Elizângela ^a,b   Leite, Romário Cerqueira ^a   Pacheco, Richard Campos ^c   Silveira, Iara ^d   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Brazilian spotted fever; Rickettsia rickettsii

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455238144     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612011000400009     Document Type: Article

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