Detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected in southern Croatia

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 169-176

  Punda Polic, Volga ^a   Petrovec, Miroslav ^b   Trilar, Tomi ^c   Duh, Darja ^b   Bradaric, Nikola ^a   Klismanic, Zorana ^d   Avsic Zupanc, Tatjana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c SLOVENIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Slovenia)

^d Public Health Institute   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Molecular analysis; Spotted fever group rickettsiae; Ticks

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; TICK;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROATIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GOATS; IXODIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHEEP; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

CROATIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP;

EID: 0141680791     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025334113190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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