Pathogens and symbionts in ticks: A survey on tick species distribution and presence of tick-transmitted micro-organisms in Sardinia, Italy

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Satta, Giuseppe ^a   Chisu, Valentina ^a   Cabras, Pierangela ^a   Fois, Francesco ^a   Masala, Giovanna ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DERMACENTOR; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HUMAN; ITALY; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIONT; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ITALY; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 78650832357     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.021543-0     Document Type: Article

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