The importance of ixodes arboricola in transmission of rickettsia spp., anaplasma phagocytophilum, and borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Czech Republic, Central Europe

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1235-1241

  Špitalská, Eva ^a   Literák, Ivan ^b   Kocianová, Elena ^a   Taragel'ová, Veronika ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Czech Republic; Ixodes arboricola; Rickettsia spp.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IXODES; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES RICINUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SONGBIRD;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; IXODES; LARVA; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CARPODACUS ERYTHRINUS; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PARUS MAJOR; PARUS PALUSTRIS; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA; PRUNELLA MODULARIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE; SITTA EUROPAEA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 80052321296     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0210     Document Type: Article

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