Prevalence of infection with Rickettsia helvetica in feeding ticks and their hosts in western Poland

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 328-329

  Stanczak J ^a   Racewicz, M ^a   Michalik, J ^b   Cieniuch, S ^a   Sikora, B ^b   Skoracki, M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAMA DAMA; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA;

EID: 73049116165     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02261.x     Document Type: Article

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