Seroprevalence of Rickettsia spp. in equids and molecular detection of 'Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii' in Amblyomma cajennense sensu lato ticks from the Pantanal Region of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1242-1247

  Alves, Alvair Da S ^a   Melo, Andréia L T ^a   Amorim, Marcus V ^a   Borges, Alice M C M ^a   E Silva, Lucas Gaíva ^a   Martins, Thiago F ^b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b   Aguiar, Daniel M ^a   Pacheco, Richard C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma sculptum; Candidatus rickettsia amblyommii; Equid; Pantanal mato grossense

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84910091923     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: 19382928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME14042     Document Type: Article

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