Ticks and associated pathogens collected from domestic animals in the Netherlands

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-595

  Nijhof, Ard M ^a   Bodaan, Christa ^a   Postigo, Milagros ^a   Nieuwenhuijs, Hans ^a   Opsteegh, Marieke ^a   Franssen, Linda ^a   Jebbink, Florian ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Borrelia; Dermacentor reticulatus; Ehrlichia; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia; The Netherlands; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA FLAVOMACULATUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA; CAT; COW; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; FERRET; GOAT; HEDGEHOG; HORSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; RICKETTSIA; THEILERIA; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BABESIA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IXODIDAE; MALE; MAMMALS; NETHERLANDS; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THEILERIA; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; APONOMMA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA SP.; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; EHRLICHIA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE; THEILERIA;

EID: 37549001294     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0130     Document Type: Article

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