Molecular evidence for Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ixodes ricinus ticks from Greece

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1391-1393

  Kachrimanidou, Melina ^a   Papa, Anna ^a   Chochlakis, Dimosthenis ^b   Pavlidou, Vassiliki ^a   Psaroulaki, Anna ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. phagocytophilum; Greece; Human granulocytic anaplasmosis; Ixodes ticks

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GOAT; GREECE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; GREECE; HUMANS; IXODES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CAPRA HIRCUS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 80053644112     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0251     Document Type: Article

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