Rickettsia bellii infecting Amblyomma sabanerae ticks in El Salvador.

ABSTRACT: Four Amblyomma sabanerae ticks collected from a turtle (Kinosternon sp.) in San Miguel, El Salvador, were found by molecular analysis to be infected by Rickettsia bellii. We provide the first report of Rickettsia bellii in Central America, and the first report of a Rickettsia species in El Salvador.

SUBMITTER: Barbieri AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4001580 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature