Rickettsial infection in ticks collected from road-killed wild animals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1510-1514

  Spolidorio, Mariana G ^a   Andreoli, Guilherme S ^b   Martins, Thiago F ^a   Brandão, Paulo E ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fauna Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Brazil; Rickettsia; Rio de Janeiro; tick

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; RICKETTSIA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA CALCARATUM; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; AMBLYOMMA VARIUM; ANIMALIA; BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS; BUTEOGALLUS MERIDIONALIS; DUSICYON THOUS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE; SPHIGGURUS VILLOSUS; TAMANDUA TETRADACTYLA;

EID: 84869848617     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12089     Document Type: Article

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