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A flea-associated rickettsia pathogenic for humans.
Raoult, Didier; Scola, Bernard La; Enea, Maryse; Fournier, Pierre Edouard; Roux, Véronique; Fenollar, Florence; Galvão, Márcio Antônio MoreiraA rickettsia named the ELB agent, or “Rickettsia felis,” was identified by molecular biology techniques in American fleas in 1990 and later in four patients from Texas and Mexico. We attempted to isolate this rickettsia from infected fleas at various temperatures and conditions. A representative isolate of the ELB agent, the Marseille strain, was characterized and used to develop a microimmunofluorescence test ...
Date: 2014
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Origin: Oasisbr
Tick-borne rickettsioses in America: unanswered questions and emerging diseases
Raoult, Didier
Date: 2009
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Origin: Oasisbr