Pathogens and host DNA in ixodes ricinus nymphal ticks from a German forest

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 382-387

  Pichon, B ^a   Kahl, O ^b   Hammer, B ^c   Gray, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Ixodes ricinus; Reservoir hosts; Tick borne pahtogens

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FOREST; GERMANY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IXODES RICINUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RODENT; VEGETATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; IXODES; NYMPH; RICKETTSIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846502708     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.382     Document Type: Article

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