In vitro isolation from Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae) and ecological aspects of the Atlantic rainforest Rickettsia, the causative agent of a novel spotted fever rickettsiosis in Brazil

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 719-728

  Szabo M P J ^a,b   Nieri Bastos, F A ^a   Spolidorio, M G ^a   Martins, T F ^a   Barbieri, A M ^a   Labruna, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Medicina e Pesquisa de Animais Silvestres   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma ovale; Atlantic rainforest spotted fever; Brazil; ecology; isolation

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA OVALE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC RAINFOREST SPOTTED FEVER; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EURYORYZOMYS RUSSATUS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOLYMPH; HOUSEHOLD; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RATE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; RICE RAT; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SUBADULT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECOLOGY; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYMPH; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TREES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA OVALE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA SP.; RODENTIA;

EID: 84875727846     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012002065     Document Type: Article

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