Rickettsia bellii in ticks Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844, from birds in Peru

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 254-256

  Ogrzewalska, Maria ^a   Literak, Ivan ^b   Cardenas Callirgos, Jorge M ^c   Capek, Miroslav ^d   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSIDAD RICARDO PALMA   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amblyomma calcaratum; Birds; Peru; Rickettsia bellii; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CALCARATUM; AMBLYOMMA VARIUM; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTOPARASITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; TYPE STRAIN; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; IXODIDAE; PERU; RICKETTSIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AMBLYOMMA CALCARATUM; AMBLYOMMA VARIUM; AVES; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII;

EID: 84865985725     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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