Natural focus of Coxiella burnetii and rickettsiae of spotted fever group in southwestern Slovakia

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 589-595

  Špitalská, Eva ^a   Kocianová, Elena ^a   Výrosteková, Vanda ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Haemocyte test; Host; Polymerase chain reaction; Rickettsia sp.; Seasonal dynamics; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APODEMUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SP.; SOREX; SOREX MINUTUS; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP;

EID: 19044372779     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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