Detection of "Rickettsia sp. strain Uilenbergi" and "Rickettsia sp. strain Davousti" in Amblyomma tholloni ticks from elephants in Africa

Background To date, 6 tick-borne rickettsiae pathogenic for humans are known to occur in Africa and 4 of them were first identified in ticks before being recognized as human pathogens. Results We examined 33 and 5 Amblyomma tholloni ticks from African elephants in the Central African Republic and Ga...
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Matsumoto, Kotaro [verfasserIn]

Parola, Philippe

Rolain, Jean-Marc

Jeffery, Kathryn

Raoult, Didier

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E-Artikel

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Englisch

Erschienen:

2007

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Central African Republic

Spotted Fever

African Elephant

ompA Gene

Mediterranean Spotted Fever

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© Matsumoto et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2007. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: BMC microbiology - London : BioMed Central, 2001, 7(2007), 1 vom: 07. Aug.

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volume:7 ; year:2007 ; number:1 ; day:07 ; month:08

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1471-2180-7-74

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SPR027177572

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