First report on the coexistence and compatibility of seven tickborne pathogens in unfed adult Ixodes persulcatus Schulze (Acarina: Ixodidae)

International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Supplement

Volumn 293, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 104-108

  Alekseeva, Andrey N ^a   Dubinina, Helen V ^a   Jushkova, Olga V ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Northwestern Polytechnical Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adult ticks; Anaplasma; Babesia; Borrelia; Compatibility; Ehrlichia; Ixodes persulcatus; Mixed infection; Multi factor analysis; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; BABESIA; BORRELIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EHRLICHIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; IXODES PERSULCATUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

IXODES PERSULCATUS;

EID: 3242673565     PISSN: 14331128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1433-1128(04)80015-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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