Detection of an undescribed Rickettsia sp. in Ixodes boliviensis from Costa Rica

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 883-886

  Troyo, Adriana ^a   Moreira Soto, Andrés ^a   Carranza, Marco ^a   Calderón Arguedas, Olger ^a   Hun, Laya ^a   Taylor, Lizeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Endosymbiont; Ixodes boliviensis; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLTA GENE; HTRA GENE; IXODES; IXODES BOLIVIENSIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PATHOGENICITY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SYMBIOSIS; VERO CELL LINE; VETERINARY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COSTA RICA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84907706765     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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