Pathogenic potential of a Costa Rican strain of 'Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii' in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) and protective immunity against Rickettsia rickettsii

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 805-811

  Rivas, Juan J ^a   Moreira Soto, Andrés ^a   Alvarado, Gilberth ^a   Taylor, Lizeth ^a   Calderón Arguedas, Olger ^a   Hun, Laya ^a   Corrales Aguilar, Eugenia ^a   Morales, Juan Alberto ^b   Troyo, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Experimental infection; Guinea pig; Immunity; Rickettsia amblyommii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS PROTECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEVER; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLTA GENE; GUINEA PIG; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COSTA RICA; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84942366992     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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