Detection of Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus ticks in a region of Middle Germany (Thuringia)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-56

  Hildebrandt, Anke ^a   Krämer, Angela ^a   Sachse, Svea ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ixodes ricinus; PCR; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; IXODES; NYMPH; RICKETTSIA; TIME FACTORS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA;

EID: 77949304679     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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