First detection of Rickettsia slovaca in Greece

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-96

  Kachrimanidou, Melania ^a   Souliou, Efimia ^a   Pavlidou, Vassiliki ^a   Antoniadis, Antonis ^a   Papa, Anna ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Rhipicephalus bursa; Rickettsia slovaca; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; DNA; DOMESTIC SPECIES; SPECIES POOL; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; GREECE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GREECE; MALE; RICKETTSIA; TICKS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA;

EID: 71049129868     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9283-x     Document Type: Article

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