“Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis” in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks, Brazil
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Tropica
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0001-706X
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.12.008