Molecular characterization of Rickettsia massiliae and Anaplasma platys infecting Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and domestic dogs, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 484-488

  Cicuttin, Gabriel L ^a   Brambati, Diego F ^a   Rodríguez Eugui, Juan I ^a   Lebrero, Cecilia González ^a   De Salvo, María N ^a   Beltrán, Fernando J ^a   Gury Dohmen, Federico E ^a   Jado, Isabel ^b   Anda, Pedro ^b  

^a Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaplasma platys; Buenos Aires; Dogs; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia massiliae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROESL GENE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN GENE; PET ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIACEAE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84904039236     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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