Rickettsia amblyommii infecting amblyomma auricularium ticks in pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil: Isolation, transovarial transmission, and transstadial perpetuation

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 615-618

  Saraiva, Danilo G ^a   Nieri Bastos, Fernanda A ^a   Horta, Maurício C ^b   Soares, Herbert S ^a   Nicola, Patricia A ^b   Pereira, Luiz Cezar M ^b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma auricularium; Northeastern Brazil; Rickettsia amblyommii

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AURICULARIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GLTA GENE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; OMPB GENE; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; VERO CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NYMPH; OOCYTE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SKUNK; TICK INFESTATION; TRANSMISSION; VERO CELL LINE;

AMBLYOMMA AURICULARIUM; CONEPATUS SEMISTRIATUS; DASYPODIDAE; EUPHRACTUS SEXCINCTUS; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MEPHITIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; OVUM; RABBITS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84884225876     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1223     Document Type: Article

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