Detection of tick-borne pathogens in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), in questing ticks (Ixodes ricinus), and in ticks infesting roe deer in southern Germany

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-328

  Overzier, Evelyn ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^a   Herb, Ingrid ^a   Mahling, Monia ^a   Böck, Georg ^a   Silaghi, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia spp.; Germany; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia spp.; Roe deer

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; ROE DEER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DEER; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CAPREOLI; BABESIA MICROTI; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA;

EID: 84877816863     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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