Rickettsia africae in Hyalomma dromedarii ticks from sub-Saharan Algeria

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 377-379

  Kernif, Tahar ^a,b   Djerbouh, Amel ^a   Mediannikov, Oleg ^b   Ayach, Bouhous ^c   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Parola, Philippe ^b   Bitam, Idir ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Direction des Services Agricoles de la Wilaya d'Adrar   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Hyalomma dromedarii ticks; Rickettsia africae

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLTA GENE; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CAMELS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODIDAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AMBLYOMMA; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 84870416931     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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