Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks in Slovenia

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Smrdel, Katja Straek ^a   Serdt, Mojca ^a   Duh, Darja ^b   Knap, Nataa ^a   Ẑupanc, Tatjana Aviŝiĉ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; OPERON; SLOVENIA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 78650245319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-102     Document Type: Article

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