Borrelia infection in Ixodes pararicinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from northwestern Argentina

Acta Tropica

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-4

  Nava, Santiago ^a   Barbieri, Amalia M ^b   Maya, Leticia ^c   Colina, Rodney ^c   Mangold, Atilio J ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b   Venzal, José M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Argentina; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FLAGELLIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; SPACER DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TICK; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE VECTOR; DNA; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

16S RDNA GENE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU LATO; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN GENE; GENE TARGETING; INFECTION RISK; IXODES; IXODES PARARICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RRFA GENE; RRLB GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK BITE; VEGETATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA AMERICANA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA SEQUENCE; FLA GENE; GENE; IXODES ARAGAOI; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RRS GENE; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; JUJUY;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES PARARICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84904254743     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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