Experimental infection of the tick Amblyomma cajennense, Cayenne tick, with Rickettsia rickettsii, the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-151

  Soares, J F ^a   Soares, H S ^a   Barbieri, A M ^a   Labruna, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Rickettsia rickettsii; Spotted fever; Transovarial transmission; Transstadial transmission; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; INFECTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LAGOMORPH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PIG; REARING; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA PIG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GUINEA PIGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ANIMALIA; CAVIA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84860509194     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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