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Experimental infection of cotton rats and bobwhite quail with Rickettsia parkeri

BACKGROUND: Amblyomma maculatum is the primary vector for Rickettsia parkeri, a spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR) and human pathogen. Cotton rats and quail are known hosts for larval and nymphal A. maculatum; however, the role of these hosts in the ecology of R. parkeri is unknown. METHODS: Cott...

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Autores principales: Moraru, Gail Miriam, Goddard, Jerome, Paddock, Christopher D, Varela-Stokes, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-70