Molecular and serological evidence for the circulation of the tick symbiont Midichloria (Rickettsiales: Midichloriaceae) in different mammalian species

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bazzocchi, Chiara ^a   Mariconti, Mara ^b   Sassera, Davide ^a   Rinaldi, Laura ^c   Martin, Elena ^a   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^c   Urbanelli, Sandra ^d   Genchi, Claudio ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^a   Epis, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emerging infections; Mammalian hosts; Midichloria; Ticks; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST; MAMMAL; MIDICHLORIA; MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII; MIDICHLORIACEAE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; RICKETTSIALES; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; SYMBIONT; TICK; TICK BITE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIALES; VERTEBRATA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ITALY; IXODIDAE; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84890001045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-350     Document Type: Article

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