Detection of Rickettsia spp. in Danish ticks (Acari: Ixodes ricinus) using real-time PCR

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-72

  Svendsen, Claus Bo ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a   Jensen, Per Moestrup ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 58049195688     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802530653     Document Type: Article

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