Detection of Rickettsia helvetica in ticks collected from European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus, Linnaeus, 1758)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-226

  Speck, Stephanie ^a,d   Perseke, Lea ^a,b   Petney, Trevor ^b   Skuballa, Jasmin ^b   Pfäffle, Miriam ^b   Taraschewski, Horst ^b   Bunnell, Toni ^c   Essbauer, Sandra ^a   Dobler, Gerhard ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erinaceus europaeus; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia helvetica

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLTA GENE; HEDGEHOG; INFECTION RATE; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPB GENE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; TICK;

ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84875253530     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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