Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus in Bavarian public parks, Germany

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 196-203

  Schorn, Sabine ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^a   Reulen, Holger ^a   Mahling, Monia ^a   Manitz, Juliane ^a   Thiel, Claudia ^a   Silaghi, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Epidemiology; Ixodes ricinus; PCR; Public parks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC PARK; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPISM; URBAN AREA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 81855176125     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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