Distinct Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes associated with Ixodes trianguliceps ticks and rodents in Central Europe

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 928-938

  Blaňarová, Lucia ^a   Stanko, Michal ^a   Carpi, Giovanna ^b,c   Miklisová, Dana ^a   Víchová, Bronislava ^a   Mošanský, Ladislav ^a   Bona, Martin ^d   Derdáková, Markéta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes; Genetic loci; Ixodes ricinus; Ixodes trianguliceps; Rodents

Indexed keywords

DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPSY; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES TRIANGULICEPS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SLOVAKIA; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84907683638     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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