Lyme borreliosis spirochetes and spotted fever group rickettsiae in ixodid ticks from pianosa Island, Tuscany Archipelago, Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 84-91

  Tomassone, L ^a   Grego, E ^a   Auricchio, D ^a   Iori, A ^b   Giannini, F ^c   Rambozzi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Toscano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borrelia spielmanii; Hyalomma spp.; Ixodes spp.; Pianosa island; Rickettsia aeschlimannii

Indexed keywords

OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYALOMMA DETRITUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; ITALY; IXODES ACUMINATUS; IXODES VENTALLOI; IXODIDAE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIROCHETE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ITALY; IXODIDAE; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84873382472     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1046     Document Type: Article

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