INFECTION BY Rickettsia felis IN OPOSSUMS (Didelphis sp.) FROM YUCATAN, MEXICO
Rickettsia felis is an emergent pathogen and the causative agent of a typhus-like rickettsiosis in the Americas. Its transmission cycle involves fleas as biological vectors (mainly Ctenocephalides felis) and multiple domestic and synanthropic mammal hosts. Nonetheless, the role of mammals in the cyc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652016005000225&lng=en&tlng=en |