Volume 19, Number 2—February 2013
Letter
Coxiella burnetii in Ticks, Argentina
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Figure. . Vero cells inoculated with Amblyomma tick extracts for isolation of rickettsiae. A) Rickettsiae-like organisms stained in red by Gimenez staining (original magnification ×400). B) Inoculated monolayer photographed under phase-contrast microscopy (original magnification ×400). C) Uninfected control monolayer under phase-contrast microscopy (original magnification ×400). D) Transmission electron microscopy of infected cells. Bar indicates 2 µm. N, nucleolus. E) Transmission electron microscopy image of intravacuolar bacteria. Bar indicates 250 nm. Arrows indicate vacuoles containing bacteria.