Detection of "Rickettsia sp. strain Uilenbergi" and "Rickettsia sp. strain Davousti" in Amblyomma tholloni ticks from elephants in Africa

BACKGROUND: To date, 6 tick-borne rickettsiae pathogenic for humans are known to occur in Africa and 4 of them were first identified in ticks before being recognized as human pathogens. RESULTS: We examined 33 and 5 Amblyomma tholloni ticks from African elephants in the Central African Republic and...

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Autores principales: Matsumoto, Kotaro, Parola, Philippe, Rolain, Jean-Marc, Jeffery, Kathryn, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1988807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17683629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-7-74

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1988807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17683629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-7-74

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