Prevalence of anaplasma phagocytophilum and coinfection with borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the hard tick ixodes ricinus in the city of Hanover (Germany)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1595-1597

  Schicht, Sabine ^a   Junge, Sonja ^a   Schnieder, Thomas ^a   Strube, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi sl; msp2; Real time PCR; Tick borne diseases; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 83455246856     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0699     Document Type: Article

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