Rickettsiae in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Czech Republic

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-138

  Venclikova, Kristyna ^a,b   Rudolf, Ivo ^a,b   Mendel, Jan ^a   Betasova, Lenka ^a   Hubalek, Zdenek ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis'; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ixodes ricinus; Rickettsia helvetica; Rickettsia monacensis; Rickettsia spp.

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; HABITAT; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; MINIMUM INFECTION RATE; NATURAL HABITAT; NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE;

'CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS'; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODES RICINUS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA SPP.;

ANIMALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 84892894865     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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