Co-circulation of emerging tick-borne pathogens in middle Germany

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 533-537

  Hildebrandt, Anke ^a   Fritzsch, Julia ^a   Franke, Jan ^a   Sachse, Svea ^a   Dorn, Wolfram ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia spp.; Birds; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia spp.; Rodents

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BIRD; DNA EXTRACTION; GERMANY; IXODES RICINUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RODENT; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BIRDS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GERMANY; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RODENTIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BABESIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 79957600855     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0048     Document Type: Article

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