Environmental infestation and rickettsial infection in ticks in an area endemic for Brazilian spotted fever;Infestação ambiental e infecção por rickéttsias em carrapatos de área endêmica para Febre Maculosa Brasileira

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 367-372

  Brites Neto, José ^a   Nieri Bastos, Fernanda Aparecida ^b   Brasil, Jardel ^a   Duarte, Keila Maria Roncato ^c   Martins, Thiago Fernandes ^b   Veríssimo, Cecília José ^c   Barbieri, Amália Regina Mar ^b   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^b  

^a Municipal Health Department   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Animal Science Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Amblyomma dubitatum; Brazil; Rickettsia bellii

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICKS;

EID: 84884649260     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612013000300008     Document Type: Article

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