The common shrew (Sorex araneus): A neglected host of tick-borne infections?

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 947-953

  Bown, Kevin J ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^b   Telford, Gill ^b   Heyder Bruckner, Diane ^a   Ogden, Nicholas H ^c   Birtles, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Ixodes; rodents; tick(s)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VECTOR;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES TRIANGULICEPS; LARVA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHREW; SOREX ARANEUS; SYMPATRY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION; VOLE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BABESIA MICROTI; DISEASE VECTORS; ENGLAND; IXODES; LINEAR MODELS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHREWS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES TRIANGULICEPS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; RODENTIA; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 79960147690     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0185     Document Type: Article

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