Ticks, tick-borne rickettsiae, and Coxiella burnetii in the Greek island of Cephalonia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 389-399

  Psaroulaki, A ^a   Ragiadakou, D ^a   Kouris, G ^a   Papadopoulos, B ^a   Chaniotis, B ^a   Tselentis, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Greece; Rickettsia aeschlimannii; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia massiliae; Rickettsia rhipicephali; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FEMALE; GOAT; GREECE; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SHEEP; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; EQUIDAE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA; IXODES GIBBOSUS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 33845799075     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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