Prevalence of Francisella tularensis and Francisella-like endosymbionts in the tick population of hungary and the genetic variability of Francisella-like agents

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 160-163

  Kreizinger, Zsuzsa ^a   Hornok, Sándor ^b   Dán, Ádám ^c   Hresko, Stanislav ^d   Makrai, László ^b   Magyar, Tibor ^a   Bhide, Mangesh ^d   Erdélyi, Károly ^c   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^e   Gyuranecz, Miklós ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Francisella like endosymbiont; Tick; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; ENDOSYMBIONT; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; HAEMAPHYSALIS INERMIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TULAREMIA; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IXODIDAE; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84875131633     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1065     Document Type: Article

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