Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis felis from five geographic regions of Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-100

  Horta, Mauricio C ^a   Ogrzewalska, Maria ^b   Azevedo, Milka C ^a   Costa, Francisco B ^b   Ferreira, Fernando ^b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOME; BRAZIL; CAT; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLIMATE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84903892009     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0699     Document Type: Article

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