Anaplasmataceae in wild rodents and roe deer from Trento Province (northern Italy)

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 677-678

  Beninati, T ^a   Piccolo, G ^b   Rizzoli, A ^c   Genchi, C ^b   Bandi, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaplasma Phagocytophilum; Bank Vole; Clethrionomys Glareolus; Lyme Borreliosis; Transovarial Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; DEER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DEER; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 39049181825     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0196-x     Document Type: Article

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