The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) - A suitable reservoir for variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum?

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-54

  Silaghi, Cornelia ^a   Skuballa, Jasmin ^b   Thiel, Claudia ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^a   Petney, Trevor ^b   Pfäffle, Miriam ^b   Taraschewski, Horst ^b   Passos, Lygia M F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Hedgehog; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA EXTRACTION; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEDGEHOG; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEDGEHOGS; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84856581162     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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