Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis in Different Ecological Regions of argentina and its association with amblyomma tigrinum as a potential vector

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1156-1160

  Romer, Yamila ^a,b   Nava, Santiago ^a   Govedic, Francisco ^a   Cicuttin, Gabriel ^a   Denison, Amy M ^a   Singleton, Joseph ^a   Kelly, Aubree J ^a   Kato, Cecilia Y ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA TIGRINUM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PRURITUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; VESICULAR RASH; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK; TRANSMISSION;

AMBLYOMMA TIGRINUM; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; CLAVULANIC ACID; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84918787014     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0334     Document Type: Article

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