Rickettsia spp. and coinfections with other pathogenic microorganisms in hard ticks from northern Germany

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 766-771

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Ixodes; quantitative real time PCR; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; RICKETTSIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COINFECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODIDAE; MALE; RICKETTSIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS;

EID: 84861142389     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11204     Document Type: Article

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