Ornithodoros moubata, a Soft Tick Vector for Rickettsia in East Africa?
- 31 October 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 1078 (1), 373-377
- https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1374.074
Abstract
Omithodoros moubata complex (Argasidae) ticks collected from human dwellings in central Tanzania were found to carry a novel rickettsial species that clustered among the spotted fever group. Although no evidence of human infection was evident, these ticks feed primarily on man, thus providing opportunity for zoonotic infection.Keywords
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