Evaluation of microbial communities and symbionts in Ixodes ricinus and ungulate hosts (Cervus elaphus and Ovis aries) from shared habitats on the west coast of Norway

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 780-784

  Granquist, Erik G ^a   Kristiansson, Malin ^b   Lindgren, Per Eric ^b,c   Matussek, Andreas ^b   Nødtvedt, Ane ^a   Okstad, Wenche ^a   Stuen, Snorre ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Deer; Midichloria mitochondrii; Sheep; Symbiosis; Tick

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC SHEEP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NYMPH; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED DEER; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIONT; UNGULATE; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; WOLBACHIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; COINFECTION; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; NORWAY; NYMPH; RICKETTSIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84907684658     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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