Potential for cofeeding transmission of tick-borne pathogens in common voles and roe deer - Supportive molecular evidence from field samples

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-306

  Mogl, Christiane ^a   De Mendonça, Philippe Gil ^a   Harsch, Andrea ^a   Heyl, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia afzelii; Capreolus capreolus; Ixodes ricinus; Microtus arvalis; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887112091     PISSN: 03240770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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