Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ticks in Sicily

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-48

  Torina, A ^a   Alongi, A ^a   Scimeca, S ^a   Vicente, J ^b   Caracappa, S ^a   de la Fuente, J ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Ehrlichia; Epidemiology; Rickettsia; Theileria; Tick

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL DISEASES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SICILY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BOOPHILUS; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; EHRLICHIA; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HYALOMMA LUSITANICUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICKETTSIA; THEILERIA;

EID: 77954496169     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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