Rickettsia lusitaniae sp. nov. isolated from the soft tick Ornithodoros erraticus (Acarina: Argasidae)

In this study a novel Rickettsia from the spotted fever group, isolated from Ornithodoros erraticus soft ticks collected from pigpens in the south of Portugal, is described. After initial screening revealed Rickettsia-positive ticks, isolation attempts were then performed. Successful isolates were a...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Milhano, N. (author)
Outros Autores: Palma, M. (author), Marcili, A. (author), Núncio, M.S. (author), Lopes de Carvalho, I. (author), Sousa, R. (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2017
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4378
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/4378