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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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4378 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/4378 |