Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and its co-circulation with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus ticks across ecologically different habitats of Central Europe

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Derdáková, Markéta ^a   Václav, Radovan ^a   Pangrácova Blaňárová, Lucia ^a   Selyemová, Diana ^a   Koči, Juraj ^b   Walder, Gernot ^c   Špitalská, Eva ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis; Human granulocytic anaplasmosis; Ixodes ricinus; Neoehrlichiosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EUROPE; HABITAT; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84898780124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-160     Document Type: Article

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