A Rickettsia parkeri-like agent infecting Amblyomma calcaratum nymphs from wild birds in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 145-147

  Ogrzewalska, Maria ^a   Martins, Thiago ^a   Capek, Miroslav ^b   Literak, Ivan ^c   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Birds; Brazil; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CALCARATUM; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIRD; BRAZIL; FURNARIUS RUFUS; GLTA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; OMPA GENE; PAROARIA CAPITATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMPHOCELUS CARBO; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; TURDUS LEUCOMELAS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; IXODIDAE; NYMPH; RICKETTSIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CALCARATUM; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FURNARIUS RUFUS; IXODIDA; PAROARIA CAPITATA; RAMPHOCELUS CARBO; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA SP.; TURDUS LEUCOMELAS;

EID: 84872596996     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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