Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the tick Amblyomma aureolatum (Acari: Ixodidae)
, “Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the tick Amblyomma aureolatum (Acari: Ixodidae)”, vol. 13, pp. 9622-9627, 2014.
Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas) is the main vector of the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, the etiological agent of Brazilian spotted fever. This disease is the most lethal human spotted fever rickettsiosis in the world. Microsatellite loci were isolated from a dinucleotide-enriched library produced from A. aureolatum sampled in Southeastern Brazil. Eight polymorphic microsatellites were further characterized among 38 individuals sampled from São Paulo metropolitan region.
