Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. infections in hard ticks (Ixodes ricinus) in the city of Hanover (Germany): Revisited

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 432-438

  Tappe, Julia ^a   Strube, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia helvetica; Tick borne diseases; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLTA GENE; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPRING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIALES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; MALE; NYMPH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84883211427     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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