Molecular detection of the human pathogenic rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest in amblyomma dubitatum ticks from Argentina

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-169

  Monje, Lucas D ^a   Nava, Santiago ^b   Eberhardt, Ayelen T ^a   Correa, Ana I ^a   Guglielmone, Alberto A ^b   Beldomenico, Pablo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest; Rickettsia sp. strain COOPERI

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLTA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; RICKETTSIA; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENT; RODENT DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; VIROLOGY;

AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA SP.;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; RAINFOREST; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84923397291     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1741     Document Type: Article

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