Detection of babesia Sp. EU1 and members of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from migratory birds at curonian spit, North-Western Russia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-91

  Movila, Alexandru ^a   Reye, Anna L ^b   Dubinina, Helen V ^c   Tolstenkov, Oleg O ^d   Toderas, Ion ^a   Hübschen, Judith M ^b   Muller, Claude P ^b   Alekseev, Andrey N ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

^b LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Babesia sp. EU1; Migratory birds; SFG rickettsiae; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BIRD; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RUSSIA; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; BABESIA; BABESIA SP.; FRINGILLA COELEBS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 79251605348     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0043     Document Type: Article

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