Questing ticks in suburban forest are infected by at least six tick-borne pathogens

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 907-916

  Reis, Caroline ^a   Cote, Martine ^a   Paul, Richard E L ^b   Bonnet, Sarah ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Bartonella; Borrelia; Francisella; Ixodes; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREST; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIONT; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA SP.; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 79960117719     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0103     Document Type: Article

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