Incidence of various tick-borne microorganisms in rodents and ticks of central Slovakia

Acta Virologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-179

  Spitalska E ^a   Boldis V ^a   Kostanova Z ^b   Kocianova E ^a   Stefanidesova K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Regional Office of Public Health   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Bartonella sp.; Candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis; Central Slovakia; Ehrlichia muris; Rickettsia helvetica

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; GENE SEQUENCE; INCIDENCE; IXODES RICINUS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLOVAKIA; TICK; TICK BORNE FLAVIVIRUS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BARTONELLA; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; IXODES; MALE; MURINAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RICKETTSIA; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SLOVAKIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; BARTONELLA SP.; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MUS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 54249105116     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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