Genetic variants of anaplasma phagocytophilum in wild caprine and cervid ungulates from the Alps in tyrol, Austria

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-362

  Silaghi, Cornelia ^a   Hamel, Dietmar ^a   Thiel, Claudia ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^a   Passos, Lygia Maria Friche ^a,b   Rehbein, Steffen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Science   (Brazil)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Austria; Capra i. ibex; Capreolus capreolus; Cervus elaphus; Genetic variants; groEL gene; msp4 gene; Ovis orientalis musimon; Rupicapra r. rupicapra

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ALPINE CHAMOIS; ALPINE IBEX; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA EXTRACTION; EUROPEAN MOUFLON; GAME ANIMAL; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROEL GENE; MSP2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED DEER; ROE DEER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; UNGULATE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHAPERONIN 60; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; EHRLICHIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79954467547     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0051     Document Type: Article

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