First detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hyalomma dromedarii ticks from Tunisia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 398-402

  Demoncheaux, Jean Paul ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^b   Davoust, Bernard ^a,b   Haddad, Slim ^c   Raoult, Didier ^b   Parola, Philippe ^b  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Direction Générale de la Santé Militaire Service Vétérinaire   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Dromedary; Hyalomma dromedarii; Rickettsia aeschlimannii; Tick borne diseases; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMEL; DNA EXTRACTION; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; SCA1 GENE; TICK; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TUNISIA;

ARTHROPODA; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84870445982     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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