Babesia microti in adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from Eastern Poland

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 841-843

  Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a   Bartosik, Katarzyna ^b   Buczek, Alicja ^b   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; DERMACENTOR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

BABESIA MICROTI; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84867194859     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0904     Document Type: Article

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