Molecular identification of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two species of wild mammals in Madre de Dios: Peru

Molecular identification of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two species of wild mammals in Madre de Dios: Peru

Abstract Objective To study the presence of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two wild mammals in Madre de Dios, Peru. Results A total of 110 ticks were collected. Among the 43 Amblyomma spp. extracted from the 3 Tapirus terrestris only 3 were positive for B. bacilliformis. In additio...

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Main Authors: Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Jesús Rojas-Jaimes, Fernando Vásquez-Achaya, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Germán Correa-Nuñez, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Andrés G. Lescano, Xiuping Song, Qiyong Liu, Dongmei Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Bartonella bacilliformis
Carrion’s disease
Ticks
Peru
PCR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3518-z

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