Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae, a spotted fever group agent infecting Amblyomma parvum ticks in two Brazilian biomes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-261

  Nieri Bastos, Fernanda Aparecida ^a   Lopes, Marcos Gomes ^a   Cançado, Paulo Henrique Duarte ^b   Rossa, Giselle Ayres Razera ^a   Faccini, João Luiz Horácio ^c   Gennari, Solange Maria ^a   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma parvum; Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HORSES; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84897843391     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140283     Document Type: Article

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