title: Detection and identification of the aetiological agent of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) in two genera of ticks in Cyprus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Psaroulaki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Loukaidis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hadjichristodoulou
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tselentis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D003535:Cyprus / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004285:Dogs; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020114:Rickettsia conorii / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial