Anaplasma spp. in wild mammals and ixodes ricinus from the North of Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Portillo, Aránzazu ^a   Pérez Martínez, Laura ^a   Santibáñez, Sonia ^a   Santibáñez, Paula ^a   Palomar, Ana M ^a   Oteo, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaplasma centrale; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ap V1; Deer; Human anaplasmosis; Ixodes ricinus; Spain; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IXODES RICINUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPAIN; SWINE; VEGETATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONINS; DEER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN; SUS SCROFA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79251622315     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0214     Document Type: Article

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