Detection and prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia helvetica in Ixodes ricinus ticks in seven study areas in Sweden

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Severinsson, Kristofer ^a   Jaenson, Thomas G ^a   Pettersson, John ^a   Falk, Kerstin ^b   Nilsson, Kenneth ^a,c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Center for Clinical Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COASTAL PLAIN; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 77955104515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-66     Document Type: Article

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