Molecular detection of rickettsial bacteria in ticks of the genus Ixodes from the Southern Cone of America

To obtain information about rickettsial bacteria in ticks of the genus Ixodes from Argentina and Uruguay, specimens of I. fuscipes (previously named as I. aragaoi), Ixodes pararicinus, Ixodes sp. cf. I. affinis, and Ixodes sp. were tested targeting the rickettsial gltA and ompA genes. Rickettsial ba...

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Main Authors:	Sebastian, Patrick Stephan, Flores, Fernando Sebastian, Saracho Bottero, Maria Noelia, Tarragona, Evelina Luisa, Venzal, José Manuel, Nava, Santiago
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2020
Subjects:	Ixodes Rickettsia Enfermedades Transmitidas por Garrapatas América del Sur Tick-borne Diseases South America Garrapatas Rickettsia mendelii Ticks
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8049 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001706X19318108 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105588