Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from migratory birds in Latvia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-81

  Capligina, Valentina ^a   Salmane, Ineta ^b   Keišs, Oskars ^b   Vilks, Karlis ^a   Japina, Kristine ^a,c   Baumanis, Viesturs ^a   Ranka, Renate ^a,c  

^a LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Birds; Ixodes ticks; Latvia; Tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA VENATORUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; IXODES; LARVA; LATVIA; LYME DISEASE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; SCREENING; SONG THRUSH; SONGBIRD; SPIROCHETE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BABESIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES; IXODIDA; PASSERIFORMES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; SPIROCHAETES; TURDUS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; IXODES; LARVA; LATVIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84888386694     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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