Detection of a Brucella-like (Alphaproteobacteria) Bacterium in Boophilus spp. (Acari: Ixodidae) from Iran

Ticks harbor many pathogenic, as well as endosymbiotic and non-pathogenic agents. They are host of a variety of as yet unidentified microbes that continue to be described. In the present study, a Brucella-like bacterium was detected in a Boophilus tick by PCR amplification of a partial fragment of 1...

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Main Authors: Asadollah Hosseini-Chegeni, Majid Tavakoli, Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Faezeh Faghihi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://jommid.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-144-en.html