Single genotype of anaplasma phagocytophilum identified from ticks, Camargue, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 825-827

  Chastagner, Amélie ^a   Bailly, Xavier ^a   Leblond, Agnès ^a,b   Pradier, Sophie ^c,d   Vourc'H, Gwenaël ^a  

^a National Center for Bio technology Information (INRA)   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; DNA EXTRACTION; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORSE; IXODES RICINUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA; CHARACTERIZATION; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; FRANCE; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES RICINUS; PCR; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; TICKBORNE; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FRANCE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; HORSES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84876780737     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1905.121003     Document Type: Letter

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