Carriage of Rickettsia spp., Coxiella burnetii and Anaplasma spp. by endemic and migratory wild birds and their ectoparasites in Cyprus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 158-160

  Ioannou, I ^a   Chochlakis, D ^b   Kasinis, N ^c   Anayiotos, P ^c   Lyssandrou, A ^c   Papadopoulos, B ^b   Tselentis, Y ^b   Psaroulaki, A ^b  

^a VETERINARY SERVICES   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; BIRD; COXIELLA BURNETII; CYPRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECTOPARASITE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IXODES; IXODES VENTALLOI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANAPLASMA; AVES; COXIELLA BURNETII; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 73049113327     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02207.x     Document Type: Article

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