First molecular detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in European brown bear (ursus arctos)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-545

  Víchová, Bronislava ^a   Majláthová, Viktória ^a   Nováková, Mária ^a   Straka, Martin ^b   Pet'Ko, Branislav ^a,c  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN RU OMBEROK   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Brown bear; Ixodes ricinus; PCR; Slovakia; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEAR; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VETERINARY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; URSUS ARCTOS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URSIDAE;

EID: 77954186064     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0103     Document Type: Article

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