Prevalence of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in Ixodes persulcatus ticks and small mammals from different regions of the Asian part of Russia

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 222-230

  Rar, Vera A ^a   Livanova, Natalya N ^b   Panov, Victor V ^b   Kozlova, Irina V ^c   Pukhovskaya, Natalya M ^d   Vysochina, Nelya P ^d   Tkachev, Sergey E ^a   Ivanov, Leonid I ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^c Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Russian Federation)

^d Khabarovsk Antiplague Station   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichia muris; Genetic variants; Ixodes persulcatus; Novel Ehrlichia species; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANDIDATUS EHRLICHIA SHIMAENSIS; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CHINA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; FAR EAST; IXODES PERSULCATUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VOLE;

EID: 48449088385     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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