Ornithodoros moubata
| Ornithodoros moubata | |
|---|---|
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| Ornithodoros moubata, female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Ornithodoros |
| Species: | O. moubata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ornithodoros moubata Murray, 1877 | |
Ornithodoros moubata is a species of tick. It may be a vector of relapsing fever.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ Cutler SJ, Abdissa A, Trape JF (May 2009). "New concepts for the old challenge of African relapsing fever borreliosis". Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 15 (5): 400–6. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02819.x. PMID 19489922.
- ↑ Hermann Lenhartz, Erich Meyer (2013) "Spirochaete der Febris africana reccurens", (Spirochaetes of African relapsing fever) Mikroskopie und Chemie am Krankenbett p. 89 (in German)
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