Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hyalomma marginatum Ticks,Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-326

  Rumer, Leonid ^a   Graser, Elmara ^b   Hillebrand, Timo ^b   Talaska, Thomas ^c   Dautel, Hans ^d   Mediannikov, Oleg ^e   Roy Chowdhury, Panchali ^a   Sheshukova, Olga ^a   Mantke, Oliver Donoso ^a   Niedrig, Matthias ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b AJ Innuscreen GmbH   (Germany)

^c IS Insect Services GmbH ^*

^d IS Insect Services GmbH   (Germany)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERMANY; HYALOMMA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; TICK;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GERMANY; IXODIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 79551628304     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.100308     Document Type: Letter

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