Anaplasmataceae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the sand lizard Lacerta agilis and co-infection of these bacteria in hosted Ixodes ricinus ticks

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ekner, Anna ^a   Dudek, Krzysztof ^a   Sajkowska, Zofia ^a   Majláthová, Viktária ^b   Majláth, Igor ^b   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Co occurence; Lacertidae; Mixed infection; Reptiles; Tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES RICINUS; LACERTA AGILIS; LIZARD; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNISIA; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; LACERTA AGILIS; LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LIZARDS; LYME DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 80053175943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-182     Document Type: Article

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