Guidelines for the Detection of Rickettsia spp.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
; 17(1): 23-32, 2017 01.
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ABSTRACT
The genus Rickettsia (Rickettsiales Rickettsiaceae) includes Gram-negative, small, obligate intracellular, nonmotile, pleomorphic coccobacilli bacteria transmitted by arthropods. Some of them cause human and probably also animal disease (life threatening in some patients). In these guidelines, we give clinical practice advices (microscopy, serology, molecular tools, and culture) for the microbiological study of these microorganisms in clinical samples. Since in our environment rickettsioses are mainly transmitted by ticks, practical information for the identification of these arthropods and for the study of Rickettsia infections in ticks has also been added.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Rickettsia
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Infecções por Rickettsia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha