Feeding Period Required by Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks for Transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii to Vertebrate Hosts

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is endemic to the São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil, where the etiologic agent, Rickettsia rickettsii, is transmitted to humans by adult Amblyomma aureolatum ticks. We determined the minimal feeding period required by A. aureolatum nymphs and adults to transmit R. rick...

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Autores principales: Saraiva, Danilo G., Soares, Herbert S., Soares, João Fábio, Labruna, Marcelo B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4178383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25148391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2009.140189

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4178383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25148391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2009.140189

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