Prevalence of infection with Francisella tularensis, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in rodents from an endemic focus of tularemia in Bulgaria

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-152

  Christova, Iva ^a   Gladnishka, Teodora ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Francisella tularensis; PCR; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BULGARIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SEROPREVALENCE; TULAREMIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BULGARIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; EQUIDAE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 21544453045     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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