Detection of microbial agents in ticks collected from migratory birds in central Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-205

  Toma, Luciano ^a   Mancini, Fabiola ^a   Di Luca, Marco ^a   Cecere, Jacopo G ^b,d   Bianchi, Riccardo ^a   Khoury, Cristina ^a   Quarchioni, Elisa ^a   Manzia, Francesca ^c   Rezza, Giovanni ^a   Ciervo, Alessandra ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Ricerca Fauna   (Italy)

^c Centro di Recupero per la Fauna Selvatica LIPU   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.); Co infection; Coxiella burnetii; Erlichia spp.; Migratory birds; Rickettsia spp.; Ticks

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM MARGINATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; ITALY; IXODES; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; SHORT DISTANCE MIGRANT; TICK;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COINFECTION; COXIELLA; EHRLICHIA; HUMANS; ITALY; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; RICKETTSIA; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84896353266     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1458     Document Type: Article

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