Pathogens and symbionts in ticks: Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Ehrlichia sp.), Wolbachia sp., Rickettsia sp., and Babesia sp. in Southern Germany

International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Supplement

Volumn 293, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 86-92

  Hartelt, Kathrin ^a,c   Oehme, Rainer ^a   Frank, Henning ^a   Brockmann, Stefan O ^a   Hassler, Dieter ^b   Kimmig, Peter ^a  

^a Baden Wuerttemberg State Health Office   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Baden Wuerttemberg State Health Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia sp.; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia sp.; Ticks; Wolbachia sp.

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; SYMBIONT; TICK; WOLBACHIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; EHRLICHIA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 3242780012     PISSN: 14331128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1433-1128(04)80013-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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