Molecular investigation of tick-borne pathogens in ticks from grazing cattle in Korea

Parasitology International

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-282

  Kang, Seung Won ^a   Doan, Huong Thi Thanh ^a,b   Choe, Se Eun ^a   Noh, Jin Hyeong ^a   Yoo, Mi Sun ^a   Reddy, Kondreddy Eswar ^a,c   Kim, Young Ha ^a   Kweon, Chang Hee ^a   Jung, Suk Chan ^a   Chang, Ki Yoon ^a  

^a Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Ehrlichia; Grazing cattle; PCR; Rickettsia; Theileria; Tick

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 18S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; EHRLICHIA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODES; KOREA; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; THEILERIA; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SOUTH KOREA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; BOS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIA MURIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODES; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SP.; THEILERIA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA EQUI;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; THEILERIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84875358419     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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