Transmission of Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia raoultii by male Dermacentor marginatus and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks to humans

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-389

  Földvári, Gábor ^a   Rigó, Krisztina ^a   Lakos, András ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Centre for Tick Borne Diseases Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dermacentor marginatus; Dermacentor reticulatus; Male tick; Rickettsia raoultii; Rickettsia slovaca; TIBOLA; Transmission

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLTA GENE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA RAOULTII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE LYMPHADENOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEX FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879159705     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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