Evidence of ehrlichiosis agents found in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from migratory birds

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 471-474

  Alekseev, Andrey N ^a   Dubinina, Helen V ^a   Semenov, Aleksander V ^b   Bolshakov, Cazimir V ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Munic Ctr of Virological Research   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Ehrlichia; Ixodes ricinus; Migratory birds; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; EHRLICHIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; IXODES; SONGBIRDS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0035408546     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.471     Document Type: Article

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