Borrelia lusitaniae and spotted fever group rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Tuscany, Central Italy

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-165

  Bertolotti, Luigi ^a   Tomassone, Laura ^a   Tramuta, Clara ^a   Grego, Elena ^a   Amore, Giuseppina ^a   Ambrogi, Cecilia ^a,b   Nebbia, Patrizia ^a   Mannelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Ufficio Territoriale Per la Biodiversità   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borrelia lusitaniae; Italy; Ixodes ricinus; Rhipicephalus; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE A; OMP ALPHA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OMP-ALPHA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITALY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; HUMANS; ITALY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 33746804562     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0159:BLASFG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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