In vitro isolation and infection intensity of Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma triste ticks from the Paraná River Delta region, Argentina

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 924-927

  Monje, Lucas D ^a   Nava, Santiago ^b   Antoniazzi, Leandro R ^a   Colombo, Valeria C ^a   Beldomenico, Pablo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amblyomma triste; Argentina; Infection intensity; Isolation; Rickettsia parkeri

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; VERO CELL LINE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84907704827     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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