Molecular detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) and its ticks

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1055-1057

  Skuballa, Jasmin ^a   Petney, Trevor ^a   Pfäffle, Miriam ^a   Taraschewski, Horst ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Erinaceus europaeus; Hedgehog; Ixodes hexagonus; Tick borne disease; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEDGEHOG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HEDGEHOGS; IXODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650026368     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0150     Document Type: Article

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