Northern white-breasted hedgehogs Erinaceus roumanicus as hosts for ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Romania

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-217

  Dumitrache, Mirabela Oana ^a   Paştiu, Anamaria Ioana ^a   Kalmár, Zsuzsa ^a   Mircean, Viorica ^a   Sándor, Attila David ^a,b   Gherman, Cǎlin Mircea ^a   Peştean, Cosmin ^a   Mihalca, Andrei Daniel ^a   Cozma, Vasile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Hedgehog; Prevalence; Romania

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERINACEUS ROUMANICUS; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ROMANIA; TICK INFESTATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; HEDGEHOGS; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; ROMANIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS CONCOLOR; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODIDA; SILLAGO SIHAMA;

EID: 84875262939     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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