Rickettsia spp. in Seabird Ticks from Western Indian Ocean Islands, 2011–2012

We found a diversity of Rickettsia spp. in seabird ticks from 6 tropical islands. The bacteria showed strong host specificity and sequence similarity with strains in other regions. Seabird ticks may be key reservoirs for pathogenic Rickettsia spp., and bird hosts may have a role in dispersing ticks...

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Autores principales: Dietrich, Muriel, Lebarbenchon, Camille, Jaeger, Audrey, Le Rouzic, Céline, Bastien, Matthieu, Lagadec, Erwan, McCoy, Karen D., Pascalis, Hervé, Le Corre, Matthieu, Dellagi, Koussay, Tortosa, Pablo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24751287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2005.131088

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