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Emerg Infect Dis
; 16(8): 1282-4, 2010 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20678325
RESUMO
Real-time PCR of Amblyomma imitator tick egg masses obtained in Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, identified a Rickettsia species. Sequence analyses of 17-kD common antigen and outer membrane protein A and B gene fragments showed to it to be R. rickettsii, which suggested a potential new vector for this bacterium.