Molecular evidence for bacterial and protozoan pathogens in hard ticks from Romania

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 71-76

  Ionita, Mariana ^a   Mitrea, Ioan Liviu ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^b   Hamel, Dietmar ^b   Silaghi, Cornelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Rickettsia spp.; Romania; Tick borne pathogens; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA OCCULTANS; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; GOAT; HORSE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA RAOULTII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; ROMANIA; SHEEP; THEILERIA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA EQUI; THEILERIA ORIENTALIS; THEILERIA SERGENTI; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EQUIDAE; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIACEAE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 84880753820     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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