New Rickettsia sp. in tsetse flies from Senegal

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-150

  Mediannikov, O ^a,b   Audoly, G ^a,b   Diatta, G ^a,b   Trape, J F ^a,b   Raoult, D ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Glossina morsitans; Rickettsia; Rickettsia felis; Senegal; Tse tse fly

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SENEGAL; SODALIS GLOSSINIDIUS; TSETSE FLY; WIGGLESWORTHIA GLOSSINIDIA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SENEGAL; TSETSE FLIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS SUBMORSITANS; HEXAPODA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA SP.; SODALIS GLOSSINIDIUS; WIGGLESWORTHIA GLOSSINIDIA; WOLBACHIA SP.;

EID: 84857056957     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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