Rickettsia parkeri: A Rickettsial pathogen transmitted by ticks in endemic areas for spotted fever rickettsiosis in southern Uruguay;Rickettsia parkeri: Patógeno rickettsial transmitido por garrapatas en áreas endémicas de rickettsiosis por fiebre manchada en el sur de Uruguay

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 131-134

  Venzal, José M ^a   Estrada Peña, Agustín ^b   Portillo, Aránzazu ^c   Mangold, Atilio J ^d   Castro, Oscar ^a   de Souza, Carlos G ^a   Félix, María L ^a   Pérez Martínez, Laura ^c   Santibánez, Sonia ^c   Oteo, José A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amblyomma triste; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia parkeri; Spotted fever group (SFG); Uruguay

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLTA GENE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPOTTED FEVER RICKETTSIOSIS; URUGUAY; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; URUGUAY;

EID: 84861927758     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652012000300003     Document Type: Article

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