Rickettsia raoultii-like bacteria in dermacentor spp. ticks, Tibet, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1533-1535

  Yin, Hong ^a   Wang, Yuefeng ^a   Liu, Zhijie ^a   Yang, Jifei ^a   Chen, Ze ^a   Liu, Jianzhi ^b   Li, Youquan ^a   Luo, Jianxun ^a  

^a SKLVEB Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute   (China)

^b Tibet Livestock Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

CHINA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR EVERESTIANUS; DERMACENTOR NIVEUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RAOULTII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA;

EID: 84865309051     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.120644     Document Type: Letter

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