Vectors of rickettsiae in Africa

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 382-386

  Bitam, Idir ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Fleas; Lice; Rickettsia; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTHROPOD; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOUSE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RAOULTII; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALPOX; RICKETTSIOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TICK; TYPHUS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIEAE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA; PHTHIRAPTERA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84870410354     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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