Genetic diversity of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia in the Asian part of Russia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-65

  Rar, Vera A ^a   Livanova, Natalya N ^b   Panov, Victor V ^b   Doroschenko, Elena K ^c   Pukhovskaya, Natalya M ^d   Vysochina, Nelya P ^d   Ivanov, Leonid I ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^c Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Russian Federation)

^d Khabarovsk Antiplague Station   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis'; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichia muris; New Anaplasmataceae species; Small mammals; Ticks

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IXODES PERSULCATUS; JAPANESE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK; TISSUE SECTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; EHRLICHIA; GENETIC VARIATION; RUSSIA; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; APODEMUS PENINSULAE; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; DERMACENTOR SILVARUM; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; EHRLICHIA SP.; EHRLICHIA SP. EHF669; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA; JAPONICA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; RODENTIA; SOREX ARANEUS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 77949335958     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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