Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia sp. TwKM03 infecting Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Ctenocephalides felis collected from dogs in a Brazilian spotted fever focus in the State of Rio De Janeiro/Brazil

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Dec:15 Suppl 2:267-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02229.x. Epub 2009 Mar 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Brazil
  • Child
  • Citrate (si)-Synthase / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / blood
  • Dog Diseases / parasitology*
  • Dogs
  • Ectoparasitic Infestations / parasitology
  • Ectoparasitic Infestations / veterinary*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus / microbiology*
  • Rickettsia / classification*
  • Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
  • Rickettsia Infections / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Citrate (si)-Synthase