Molecular detection of Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma bovis, Anaplasma platys, Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and Babesia canis vogeli in ticks from Israel

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-463

  Harrus, S ^a   Perlman Avrahami, A ^a   Mumcuoglu, K Y ^b   Morick, D ^a   Eyal, O ^a   Baneth, G ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaplasma bovis; Anaplasma platys; Babesia canis vogeli; Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii; Ehrlichia canis; Israel; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATOZOON; ISRAEL; MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BARTONELLA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON; HYALOMMA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS;

EID: 79751480542     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03316.x     Document Type: Article

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