First detection of Ehrlichia canis in Rhipicephalus bursa ticks in Sardinia, Italy

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 396-397

  Masala, Giovanna ^a   Chisu, Valentina ^a   Foxi, Cipriano ^a   Socolovschi, Christina ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Parola, Philippe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis; Ehrlichia canis; Italy; Rhipicephalus bursa; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GOAT; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; GOATS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA;

EID: 84870451642     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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