First molecular evidence of Anaplasma ovis and rickettsia spp. in keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of sheep and wild ruminants

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1319-1321

  Hornok, Sándor ^a   De La Fuente, José ^b,c   Biró, Nóra ^a   Fernández De Mera, Isabel G ^b   Meli, Marina L ^d   Elek, Vilmos ^e   Gönczi, Eniko ^d   Meili, Theres ^d   Tánczos, Balázs ^a   Farkas, Róbert ^a   Lutz, Hans ^d   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^d  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e County Veterinary Station ^*  (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anaplasma ovis; Hippoboscidae; Rickettsia helvetica

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA OVIS; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA EXTRACTION; FLY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SHEEP;

ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; DEER; DIPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANAPLASMA OVIS; BOS; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DIPTERA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; LIPOPTENA CERVI; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 80053624367     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0649     Document Type: Article

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