title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Amália R M
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Marcelo B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Labruna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004544:El Salvador; D005970:Glutamate Synthase / Q000235:genetics; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014426:Turtles / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005970:Glutamate Synthase