Distribution of Rickettsia helvetica in Ixodes ricinus tick populations in Poland

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 231-234

  Stańczak, Joanna ^a   Racewicz, Maria ^a   Michalik, Jerzy ^b   Buczek, Alicja ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Poland; Rickettsia helvetica; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GLTA GENE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 48349124328     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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