Genetic variability of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks and voles from Ixodes persulcatus/Ixodes trianguliceps sympatric areas from Western Siberia, Russia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 854-863

  Rar, Vera A ^a   Epikhina, Tamara I ^a   Yakimenko, Valeriy V ^b   Malkova, Marina G ^b   Tancev, Aleksey K ^b   Bondarenko, Evgeny I ^c   Ivanov, Mikhail K ^c,d   Tikunova, Nina V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b Laboratory of Arthropod Borne Viral Infections   (Russian Federation)

^c Novosibirsk Chem Concentrates Plant   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Genetic groups; Ixodes persulcatus; Ixodes trianguliceps; Voles

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOV1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; GENOTYPE; GROESL GENE; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES TRIANGULICEPS; MALE; MSP4 GENE; MYODES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHREW; SOREX ARANEUS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYMPATRY; TAMIAS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS; TICK; VOLE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; ARVICOLINAE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARVICOLINAE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIBERIA;

EID: 84907698242     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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