Comparative evaluation of infected and noninfected Amblyomma triste ticks with Rickettsia parkeri, the agent of an emerging rickettsiosis in the new world

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nieri Bastos, F A ^a   Szabo M P J ^b   Pacheco, R C ^c   Soares, J F ^a   Soares, H S ^a   Moraes Filho, J ^a   Dias, R A ^a   Labruna, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; LARVA; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TICK; TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84880871388     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/402737     Document Type: Article

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