Emergence and genetic variability of Anaplasma species in small ruminants and ticks from Central Europe

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 293-298

  Derdáková, Markéta ^a,b   Štefančíková, Astéria ^a   Špitalská, Eva ^c   Tarageľová, Veronika ^b   Košťálová, Tatiana ^d   Hrkľová, Gabriela ^e   Kybicová, Kateřina ^f   Schánilec, Pavel ^g   Majláthová, Viktória ^a   Várady, Marián ^a   Peťko, Branislav ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Catholic University   (Slovakia)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

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

Author keywords

Anaplasma ovis; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Anaplasmosis; Dermacentor marginatus; Dermacentor reticulatus; Ixodes ricinus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; MSP4 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CZECH REPUBLIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SLOVAKIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; UNGULATA;

EID: 80053132048     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.044     Document Type: Article

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