The potential role of migratory birds in transmission cycles of Babesia spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Rickettsia spp.

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-107

  Hildebrandt, Anke ^a   Franke, Jan ^a   Meier, Frank ^a   Sachse, Svea ^a   Dorn, Wolfram ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia spp.; Birds; Rickettsia spp.; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BALTIC SEA; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HOST RANGE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BIRDS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; IXODES; RICKETTSIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS;

EID: 77953486975     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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