First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and its co-infections with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Republic of Moldova

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 147-152

  Koči, Juraj ^a   Movila, Alexandru ^b   Taragel'ová, Veronika ^c   Toderas, Ion ^b   Uspenskaia, Inga ^b   Derdáková, Markéta ^c   Labuda, Milan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; HGA; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease; Moldova; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LYME DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLDOVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CYTOCHROMES B; IXODES; LARVA; MOLDOVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHISINAU; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOLDOVA;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 33947535791     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9048-3     Document Type: Article

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