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Rickettsia rickettsii Co-feeding Transmission among Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks

Amblyomma aureolatum ticks are vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii, the etiologic agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil. Maintenance of R. rickettsii in nature depends on horizontal transmission along tick generations. Although such transmission is known to occur when uninfected and infected...

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Autores principales: Moraes-Filho, Jonas, Costa, Francisco B., Gerardi, Monize, Soares, Herbert S., Labruna, Marcelo B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334709
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180451