The prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks in Norway

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 43-45

  Rosef, O ^a   Radzijevskaja, J ^b   Paulauskas, A ^b   Haslekas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 73049094771     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02169.x     Document Type: Article

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