Short report: Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1054-1056

  Troyo, Adriana ^b,c   Álvarez, Danilo ^a,b   Taylor, Lizeth ^b,c   Abdalla, Gabriela ^a,b   Calderón Arguedas, Ólger ^b,c   Zambrano, Maria L ^b,d   Dasch, Gregory A ^b,d   Lindblade, Kim ^a,b   Hun, Laya ^b,c   Eremeeva, Marina E ^b,e   Estévez, Alejandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; INSECT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; BACTERIAL DNA; OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAT; COSTA RICA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; COSTA RICA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862227646     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0742     Document Type: Article

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