Co-infection with 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' and Borrelia afzelii in ixodes ricinus ticks in southern Sweden

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 438-442

  Andersson, Martin ^a   Bartkova, Simona ^a   Lindestad, Olle ^a   Råberg, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis; groEL gene; Ixodes ricinus; southern Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII INFECTION; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS INFECTION; GROEL GENE; IXODES RICINUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA AFZELII; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN 60;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHAPERONIN 60; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84879974523     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1118     Document Type: Article

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