Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in rodents in an area with sympatric existence of the hard ticks Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus, Germany

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Silaghi, Cornelia ^a   Woll, Dietlinde ^b   Mahling, Monia ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^a   Pfeffer, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis; Dermacentor reticulatus; Host survey; Ixodes ricinus; Recreational area; Vector host relation; Yellow necked mouse

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; GERMANY; IXODES RICINUS; MOUSE; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATRY; TICK; TICK INFESTATION;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; COINFECTION; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; IXODES; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870556424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-285     Document Type: Article

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