Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Francisella tularensis and their co-infections in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Serbia

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 171-183

  Milutinović, Marija ^a   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^b   Tomanović, Snežana ^a   Radulović, Željko ^a   Fukui, Takashi ^b   Okamoto, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Francisella tularensis; Ixodes ricinus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; HOST LOCATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SERBIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SERBIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 51349166142     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9166-6     Document Type: Article

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