Detection of Rickettsia felis in Wild Mammals from Three Municipalities in Yucatan, Mexico

EcoHealth

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 523-527

  Panti May, Jesús Alonso ^a   Torres Castro, Marco ^b   Hernández Betancourt, Silvia ^b   Dzul Rosado, Karla ^b   Zavala Castro, Jorge ^b   López Avila, Karina ^b   Tello Martín, Raúl ^b  

^a PIMVS Tumben Kuxtal AC   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

opossum; reservoir; Rickettsia felis; rodent; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CITIES; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84945487567     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-1003-2     Document Type: Article

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