ISOLATION OF Rickettsia bellii FROM Amblyomma ovale AND Amblyomma incisum TICKS FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Objective. To isolate and characterize rickettsiae from the ticks Amblyomma ovale and Amblyomma incisum collected in the state of São Paulo. Materials and methods. Adult, free-living A. ovale and A. incisum were collected in an Atlantic rainforest area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Each tick wa...

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Main Authors: Richard Pacheco, Simone Rosa, Leonardo Richtzenhain, Matias P. J. Szabó, Marcelo B. Labruna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Cordoba 2008-08-01
Series:Revista MVZ Cordoba
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Online Access:http://www.unicordoba.edu.co/revistas/revistamvz/mvz-132/v13n2a1.pdf