Coinfection with four genera of bacteria (Borrelia, Bartonella, Anaplasma, and Ehrlichia) in Haemaphysalis longicornis and Ixodes sinensis ticks from China

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 791-795

  Sun, Jimin ^a,b   Liu, Qiyong ^a,e   Lu, Liang ^a   Ding, Gangqiang ^b   Guo, Junqiao ^c   Fu, Guiming ^b   Zhang, Jibo ^c   Meng, Fengxia ^a   Wu, Haixia ^a   Song, Xiuping ^a   Ren, Dongsheng ^a   Li, Dongmei ^a   Guo, Yuhong ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Li, Guichang ^a   Liu, Jingli ^a   Lin, Hualiang ^a,d  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Liaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Shenzhen Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

^e Chinese CDC   (China)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Bartonella; Borrelia; Ehrlichia

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; CHINA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EHRLICHIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODES; IXODES SINENSIS; MIXED INFECTION; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; CHINA; EHRLICHIA; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; EHRLICHIA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODES; IXODIDA;

EID: 57749088487     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0005     Document Type: Article

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