Detection of tick-borne pathogens in ticks from migratory birds in the Baltic region of Russia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-117

  Movila, A ^a,b   Alekseev, A N ^a   Dubinina, H V ^a   Toderas, I ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Baltic region; Migratory birds; Russia; Tick borne pathogens; Ticks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

BIRD; DISEASE VECTOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; TICK; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BACTERIUM; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BACTERIA; BIRDS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

BALTIC REGION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AVES; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES; IXODES FRONTALIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84873994630     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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