Identification of rickettsial pathogens in ixodid ticks in northern Senegal

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 552-556

  Sambou, Masse ^a,b   Faye, Ngor ^b   Bassène, Hubert ^a   Diatta, Georges ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Mediannikov, Oleg ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Hyalomma; Rhipicephalus; Rickettsia; Senegal; Vector

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA IMPELTATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; IXODIDAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS GUILHONI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SENEGAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; VETERINARY;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; SENEGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84904051754     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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