Molecular detection of rickettsia bellii and rickettsia sp. strain colombianensi in ticks from Cordoba, Colombia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 208-212

  Miranda, Jorge ^a   Mattar, Salim ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Real time PCR; Rickettsia; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLOMBIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GLTA GENE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; OMPA GENE; OMPB GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA COLOMBIANENSI; RICKETTSIOSIS; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA SP.;

COLOMBIA; REAL-TIME PCR; RICKETTSIA; TICKS;

ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84892870415     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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