Detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae and family Anaplasmataceae in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Republic of Moldova and Eastern Ukraine

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 32-33

  Movila, A ^a,b   Rolain, J M ^a   Podavalenko, A ^c   Toderas, I ^b   Tkachenco, L ^d   Naglov, V ^d   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

^c KHARKIV MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Ukraine)

^d Reg Sanitary Epidemiol Station   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IXODES RICINUS; MOLDOVA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UKRAINE;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 73049094084     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02152.x     Document Type: Article

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