First detection of spotted fever group Rickettsiae in ticks in Serbia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-115

  Radulović, Željko ^a   Chochlakis, Dimosthenis ^b   Tomanović, Snežana ^a   Milutinović, Marija ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^b   Psaroulaki, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia helvetica; Rickettsia monacensis; Serbia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

17KD GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DERMACENTOR PARUMAPERTUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLTA GENE; HAEMAPHYSALIS CINNABARINA PUNCTATA; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SERBIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIACEAE; SERBIA; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 79551607369     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0254     Document Type: Article

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