Asymptomatic "Candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis" infections in immunocompetent humans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3072-3074

  Welc Falȩciak, Renata ^a   Siński, Edward ^a   Kowalec, Maciej ^a   Zajkowska, Joanna ^b   Pancewicz, Sławomir A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; EUROPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ADULT; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84905216351     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00741-14     Document Type: Article

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