Species distribution and detection of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) in field-collected ticks in Ankara Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-84

  Hekimoglu, Olcay ^a   Ozer, Nurdan ^a   Ergunay, Koray ^a   Ozkul, Aykut ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; CCHF; CCHFV; Crimmean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus; Tick; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAMMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; PARASITE VECTOR; TICK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BIODIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; MALE; TICKS; TURKEY;

ANATOLIA; ANKARA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; BUNYAVIRIDAE; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PARVA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS;

EID: 82355173216     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9492-y     Document Type: Article

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