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Rickettsia sp. strain RpA4 detected in Portuguese Dermacentor marginatus ticks.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2007
Vitorino Liliana, De Sousa Rita, Bacellar Fatima, Zé-Zé Líbia
Abstract excerpt
Dermacentor marginatus species is the common vector of Rickettsia slovaca. Recently, a new rickettsia genotype, RpA4, was detected in several Dermacentor sp. ticks in several countries of the former Soviet Union and in Spain. In an epidemiological surveillance study, ninety-eight D. marginatus, collected in the South of Portugal in spring of 2003 and 2004, were screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to...
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