First molecular detection of Rickettsia africae in ticks from the Union of the Comoros

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yssouf, Amina ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Kernif, Tahar ^a   Temmam, Sarah ^a   Lagadec, Erwan ^b   Tortosa, Pablo ^b,c   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Plateforme de Recherche CYROI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Cattle ticks; Comoros; Rhipicephalus; Rickettsia africae

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE; COMOROS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GLTA GENE; HAPLOTYPE; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TANZANIA; TICK; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY;

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMOROS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84908142644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-444     Document Type: Article

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