In vitro propagation of Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae isolated from Amblyomma maculatum

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Luce Fedrow, Alison ^a   Wright, Chelsea ^b   Gaff, Holly D ^b   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^b   Hynes, Wayne L ^b   Richards, Allen L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Rickettsia; Spotted fever group

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA ANDEANAE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; IXODES; IXODES BOLIVIENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; IXODIDAE; PERU; RICKETTSIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855655894     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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