Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae, a spotted fever group agent infecting Amblyomma parvum ticks in two Brazilian biomes

Adult ticks of the species Amblyomma parvum were collected from the vegetation in the Pantanal biome (state of Mato Grosso do Sul) and from horses in the Cerrado biome (state of Piauí) in Brazil. The ticks were individually tested for rickettsial infection via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeti...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Aparecida Nieri-Bastos, Marcos Gomes Lopes, Paulo Henrique Duarte Cançado, Giselle Ayres Razera Rossa, João Luiz Horácio Faccini, Solange Maria Gennari, Marcelo Bahia Labruna
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Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000200259&lng=en&tlng=en