Tick-borne pathogens and associated co-infections in ticks collected from domestic animals in central China

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Zhuo ^a,b   Liu, Qin ^a,b   Liu, Ji Qi ^a   Xu, Bian Li ^a   Lv, Shan ^a,b   Xia, Shang ^a,b   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Co infections; Domestic animals; Tick borne pathogens; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHINA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDAE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THEILERIA; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA; THEILERIA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84902143926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-237     Document Type: Article

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