First molecular detection of Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma tigrinum and Amblyomma dubitatum ticks from Uruguay

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 660-662

  Lado, Paula ^a   Castro, Oscar ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b   Venzal, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma dubitatum; Amblyomma tigrinum; Rickettsia parkeri; Ticks; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; AMBLYOMMA TIGRINUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYDROCHOERUS HYDROCHAERIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TICK; URUGUAY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; RICKETTSIA; URUGUAY;

EID: 84907709742     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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