A novel spotted fever group Rickettsia infecting Amblyomma parvitarsum (Acari: Ixodidae) in highlands of Argentina and Chile
The tick Amblyomma parvitarsum (Acari: Ixodidae) has established populations in Andean and Patagonic environments of South America. For the present study, adults of A. parvitarsum were collected in highland areas (elevation >3500 m) of Argentina and Chile during 2009–2013, and tested by PCR for rick...
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2017
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| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1134 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X16300036?via%3Dihub https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.01.003 |
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