INFECTION BY Rickettsia felis IN OPOSSUMS (Didelphis sp.) FROM YUCATAN, MEXICO

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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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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Gaspar PENICHE-LARA, Hugo A. RUIZ-PIÑA, Enrique REYES-NOVELO, Karla DZUL-ROSADO, Jorge ZAVALA-CASTRO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2016-04-01
Subjects:
Rickettsia felis
gltA
17 kDa
Transmission cycle
Didelphis marsupialis
Didelphis virginiana
Yucatan
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