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Rickettsial infection in<i>Amblyomma</i><i>nodosum</i>ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil
1 Jul 2009
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The rickettsial infections in 174 Amblyomma nodosum found on passeriform birds in the Atlantic forest, eastern Brazil, have recently been evaluated. Rickettsiae were successfully isolated from two ticks, using cultures of Vero cells. Both isolates were molecularly characterised, using the rickettsial genes gltA and htrA and, when possible, also ompA and ompB. Portions of the gltA and htrA genes from one of the...
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