Detection of Rickettsia parkeri from within Piura, Peru, and the first reported presence of candidatus rickettsia andeanae in the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 505-508

  Flores Mendoza, Carmen ^a,b   Florin, David ^a,b,c   Felices, Vidal ^a,b   Pozo, Edwar J ^d   Graf, Paul C F ^a,b,e   Burrus, Roxanne G ^a,b   Richards, Allen L ^c,f  

^a Peru   (Peru)

^b Department of Entomology ^*  (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae; Peru; Rickettsia parkeri; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANOCENTOR NITENS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CTENOCEPHALIDES; ECTOPARASITE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMATOPINUS SUIS; NONHUMAN; OMPA GENE; OTOBIUS MEGNINI; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA ANDEANAE; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FLEA INFESTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOUSE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; VETERINARY;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANIMALIA; ANOCENTOR NITENS; ARTHROPODA; BOOPHILUS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; HAEMATOPINUS SUIS; IXODIDA; OTOBIUS MEGNINI; PHTHIRAPTERA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PERU; PHTHIRAPTERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84879977038     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1028     Document Type: Article

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