Rickettsia and vector biodiversity of spotted fever focus, Atlantic rain forest biome, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;20(3):498-500. doi: 10.3201/eid2003.131013.
No abstract available

Keywords: Brazil; Tick. flea. Rickettsia. spotted fever; vector-borne infections.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biodiversity*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Disease Vectors* / classification
  • Ecosystem
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Rainforest*
  • Rickettsia Infections / epidemiology*
  • Rickettsia Infections / microbiology*
  • Rickettsia Infections / transmission
  • Rickettsia* / classification
  • Rickettsia* / genetics