PCR-based survey of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Portuguese ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Santos, Ana S ^a   Santos Silva, M Margarida ^a   Sousa, Rita De ^a   Bacellar, Fatima ^a   Dumler, J Stephen ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Portugal; Tick borne agent; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CAT; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; FELIS CATUS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 60249091818     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0051     Document Type: Article

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