Rickettsia species in ticks removed from Humans in Istanbul, Turkey

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 938-941

  Gargili, Aysen ^a   Palomar, Ana M ^b   Midilli, Kenan ^c   Portillo, Aránzazu ^b   Kar, Sirri ^d   Oteo, José A ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Rickettsia species; Ticks from humans; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GLTA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA RAOULTII; TICK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK BITES; TURKEY;

HYALOMMA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS;

EID: 84869059508     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.0996     Document Type: Article

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