Rickettsia sp. strain colombianensi (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) : A new proposed rickettsia detected in amblyomma dissimile (Acari: Ixodidae) from iguanas and free-living larvae ticks from vegetation

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 960-965

  Miranda, Jorge ^a   Portillo, Aránzazu ^b   Oteo, José A ^b   Mattar, Salim ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amblyomma dissimile; Amblyomma sp. larvae; Rhipicephalus microplus larvae; Rickettsia sp. strain Colombianensi; tick

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; GENETICS; IGUANIDAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; IGUANAS; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA DISSIMILE; IGUANIA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 84863733139     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11195     Document Type: Article

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