Prevalence of Rickettsiales (Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp.) in hard ticks (Ixodes ricinus) in the city of Hamburg, Germany

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2169-2175

  May, Kathrin ^a   Strube, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Quantitative real time PCR; Rickettsia helvetica; TaqMan probes; Tick borne diseases; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GERMANY; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUMMER; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIALES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; MALE; NYMPH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 84903814592     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3869-x     Document Type: Article

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