Rickettsia spp. in wild small mammals in lower bavaria, south-eastern Germany

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 493-502

  Schex, Susanne ^a   Dobler, Gerhard ^a   Riehm, Julia ^a   Müller, Jörg ^b   Essbauer, Sandra ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Nationalparkverwaltung Bayrischer Wald ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Ear; ompB; Reservoir; Rickettsia; Rodent; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BODY FLUID; EAR; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INSECTIVORE; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; RODENT; SERUM; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERMANY; INSECTIVORA; LIVER; MURIDAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 79957614219     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0060     Document Type: Article

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