Larvae of chigger mites Neotrombicula spp. (Acari: Trombiculidae) exhibited Borrelia but no Anaplasma infections: A field study including birds from the Czech Carpathians as hosts of chiggers

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-314

  Literak, Ivan ^a   Stekolnikov, Alexandr A ^b   Sychra, Oldrich ^a   Dubska, Lenka ^a   Taragelova, Veronika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Birds; Borrelia garinii; Borrelia valaisiana; Czech Republic; Neotrombicula

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; LARVA; MITE; NEW RECORD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BORRELIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; LARVA; TROMBICULIASIS; TROMBICULIDAE;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; NEOTROMBICULA; NEOTROMBICULA AUTUMNALIS; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 42549132616     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9150-1     Document Type: Article

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