Rickettsia slovaca in Dermacentor marginatus ticks, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2077-2078

  Pluta, Silvia ^a,b   Tewald, Friedemann ^c   Hartelt, Kathrin ^b   Oehme, Rainer ^b   Kimmig, Peter ^a   Mackenstedt, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Labor Enders und Partner   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMACENTOR; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; GERMANY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 73949145084     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090843     Document Type: Letter

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