Genetic identification and phylogenetic analysis of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in Haemaphysalis longicornis collected from Jeju island, Korea

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-267

  Oh, Jae Young ^a   Moon, Bong Chun ^b   Bae, Bo Kyoung ^a   Shin, E Hyun ^c   Ko, Young Hwan ^d   Kim, Young Joo ^b   Park, Yong Ho ^a   Chae, Joon Seok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju Special Self Governing Province Ocean and Fisheries Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; GENUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; TICK;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA SP.; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 77953474692     PISSN: 15982467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4167/jbv.2009.39.4.257     Document Type: Article

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