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Comparative Susceptibility of Different Populations of Amblyomma sculptum to Rickettsia rickettsii

The bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii is the etiological agent of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), which is transmitted in Brazil mainly by the tick Amblyomma sculptum. Herein, larvae and nymphs of six populations of A. sculptum were exposed to R. rickettsii by feeding on needle-inoculated guinea pigs,...

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Autores principales: Gerardi, Monize, Ramírez-Hernández, Alejandro, Binder, Lina C., Krawczak, Felipe S., Gregori, Fábio, Labruna, Marcelo B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6546895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31191350
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00653