Granulocytic anaplasmosis - emerging tick-borne disease of humans and animals

Biologia

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 925-931

  Nováková, Mária ^a   Víchová, Bronislava ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; human granulocytic anaplasmosis; Ixodes ricinus, Ticks; tick transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES; RODENTIA;

EID: 77958464726     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-010-0119-2     Document Type: Review

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