Detection of candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis, borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies and anaplasma phagocytophilum in a tick population from Austria

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-144

  Glatz, Martin ^a,b   Müllegger, Robert R ^a,c   Maurer, Florian ^d   Fingerle, Volker ^e   Achermann, Yvonne ^f   Wilske, Bettina ^g   Bloemberg, Guido V ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Wiener Neustadt General Hospital   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis; Ixodes ricinus; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LYME DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; IXODES RICINUS; TICK-BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICKS;

EID: 84892840026     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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