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INFECTION BY Rickettsia felis IN OPOSSUMS (Didelphis sp.) FROM YUCATAN, MEXICO

Rickettsia felis is an emergent pathogen and the causative agent of a typhus-like rickettsiosis in the Americas. Its transmission cycle involves fleas as biological vectors (mainly Ctenocephalides felis) and multiple domestic and synanthropic mammal hosts. Nonetheless, the role of mammals in the cyc...

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Autores principales: PENICHE-LARA, Gaspar, RUIZ-PIÑA, Hugo A., REYES-NOVELO, Enrique, DZUL-ROSADO, Karla, ZAVALA-CASTRO, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27074326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658032