Role of birds in dispersal of etiologic agents of tick-borne zoonoses, Spain, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1188-1191

  Palomar, Ana M ^a   Santibáñez, Paula ^a   Mazuelas, David ^b   Roncero, Lidia ^b   Santibáñez, Sonia ^a   Portillo, Aránzazu ^a   Oteo, José A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^b Environment Resources Inc   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA TURDI; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMAPHYSALIS CINNABARINA PUNCTATA; IXODES; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES FRONTALIS; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; SPAIN; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; RICKETTSIA; SPAIN; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84862551887     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1807.111777     Document Type: Article

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