Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the wood tick Ixodes ricinus in the Province of Trento, Italy

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 737-739

  Mantelli, B ^a,b   Pecchioli, E ^a   Hauffe, H C ^a   Rosa R ^a   Rizzoli, A ^a  

^a CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE SEQUENCE; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; ITALY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE;

EID: 33751311942     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0208-x     Document Type: Article

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