Prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in southern Germany

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 948-955

  Silaghi, Cornelia ^a   Gilles, Jérémie ^a,b   Höhle, Michael ^a   Pradel, Ingrid ^a   Just, Frank T ^a,c   Fingerle, Volker ^a,c   Küchenhoff, Helmut ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Germany; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia helvetica; Rickettsia monacensis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; TIME;

ANIMALS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; IXODES; RICKETTSIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 52749097375     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[948:POSFGR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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