Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in small mammals and ectoparasites in Hungary

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1499-1501

  Rigó, Krisztina ^a   Gyuranecz, Miklós ^b   Tóth, Ádám György ^c   Földvári, Gábor ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Borrelia garinii; Haemaphysalis concinna; Hungary; Ixodes acuminatus; Ixodes ricinus; Reservoirs; Rodents; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ECTOPARASITE; HUNGARY; IXODES RICINUS; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TICK; VEGETATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUNGARY; INSECTIVORA; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICE; PREVALENCE; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; IXODES ACUMINATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; NOSOPSYLLUS FASCIATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 81155131904     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0608     Document Type: Article

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