Genetic variability of anaplasma phagocytophilum in ixodes persulcatus ticks and small mammals in the Asian part of Russia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1013-1021

  Rar, Vera A ^a   Epikhina, Tamara I ^a   Livanova, Natalya N ^a,b   Panov, Victor V ^b   Doroschenko, Elena K ^c   Pukhovskaya, Natalya M ^d   Vysochina, Nelya P ^d   Ivanov, Leonid I ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^c ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Khabarovsk Antiplague Station   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Ixodes; PCR; Rodents; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; DEER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROESL GENE; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA 16S GENE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHREW; SMALL MAMMAL; SOREX ARANEUS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS; VOLE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EHRLICHIOSIS; INSECTIVORA; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUSSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 80051537297     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0266     Document Type: Article

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