Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia divergens in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Lithuania and Norway

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 218-221

  Radzijevskaja, Jana ^a   Paulauskas, Algimantas ^a   Rosef, Olav ^b  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia divergens; Real time PCR; Ticks

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; LITHUANIA; MSP2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE;

EID: 48349121199     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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