Prevalence of lyme disease agents and several emerging pathogens in questing ticks from the German Baltic coast

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 441-444

  Franke, Jan ^a   Hildebrandt, Anke ^a   Meier, Frank ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a   Dorn, Wolfram ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

emerging pathogens; Germany; Ixodes; tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GERMANY; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RICKETTSIA;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BABESIA; BABESIIDAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; PIROPLASMIDA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; SPIROCHAETACEAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 79952729564     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10182     Document Type: Article

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