Screening of Rickettsia sp. in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from small mammals in three recreational forests in Selangor, Malaysia
Rickettsia is a gram-negative, non-motile, and obligate intracellular bacterium that usually associated with arthropods vectors such as ticks, fleas, lice and mites. These bacteria have the ability to cause diseases in humans, however, in Malaysia, knowledge on the prevalence and distribution of the...
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Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2019
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14636/1/30967-104144-1-PB.pdf |