Molecular Detection and Identification of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks Collected from the West Bank, Palestinian Territories

BACKGROUND: Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae. Although Spotted Fever is prevalent in the Middle East, no reports for the presence of tick-borne pathogens are available or any studies on the epidemiology of t...

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Autores principales: Ereqat, Suheir, Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed, Al-Jawabreh, Amer, Azmi, Kifaya, Harrus, Shimon, Mumcuoglu, Kosta, Apanaskevich, Dimtry, Abdeen, Ziad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26771654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004348

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26771654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004348

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