Candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis and anaplasma phagocytophilum in urban hedgehogs

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 496-497

  Földvári, Gábor ^a   Jahfari, Setareh ^b   Rigó, Krisztina ^a   Jablonszky, Mónika ^a   Szekeres, Sándor ^a   Majoros, Gábor ^a   Tóth, Mária ^c   Molnár, Viktor ^a,d   Coipan, Elena C ^b   Sprong, Hein ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d Budapest Zoo   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIOSIS; HEALTH; HEDGEHOG; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HEDGEHOGS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84894281039     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2003.130935     Document Type: Letter

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