Diversity of Rickettsia spp. in ticks from wild mammals of Morocco and Mauritania

Summary: Ticks are known as vectors and reservoirs of rickettsiae and, wildlife vertebrate hosts as suitable dispersers of ticks contributing to the life cycle of rickettsial agents in nature. In the herein study, the presence of rickettsiae was investigated in ticks from wild mammals (Gerbillus and...

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Main Authors: Sérgio Santos-Silva, Nuno Santos, Zbyszek Boratyński, João R. Mesquita, Patrícia F. Barradas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X23001164