Rickettsial infections in ticks from wild birds in Paraguay

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 83-89

  Ogrzewalska, Maria ^a   Literak, Ivan ^b   Martins, Thiago F ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Birds; Paraguay; Rickettsia; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA CALCARATUM; AMBLYOMMA COELEBS; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; AMBLYOMMA OVALE; AMBLYOMMA PARVUM; AMBLYOMMA TIGRINUM; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIRD; GLTA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PARAGUAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA ANDEANAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK; WILD ANIMAL;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA CALCARATUM; AMBLYOMMA COELEBS; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; AMBLYOMMA OVALE; AMBLYOMMA PARVUM; AMBLYOMMA TIGRINUM; AVES; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII;

AMBLYOMMA; BIRDS; PARAGUAY; RICKETTSIA; TICKS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; LARVA; NYMPH; PARAGUAY; RICKETTSIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84892899463     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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