Occurrence of pathogenic fungi to Amblyomma cajennense in a rural area of Central Brazil and their activities against vectors of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 156-159

  D'Alessandro, Walmirton B ^a   Humber, Richard A ^b   Luz, Christian ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria; Isolation; Ixodidae; Metarhizium; Paecilomyces; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PURPUREOCILLIUM LILACINUM; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BRAZIL; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; PAECILOMYCES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EQUIDAE; FUNGI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 84863205477     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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