Detection of Coxiella burnetii in ticks collected in Slovakia and Hungary.
A total of 235 adult ticks collected from vegetation in Slovakia and Hungary in 1998-2000 were tested for Coxiella burnetii by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). C. burnetii was identified in six ticks of Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor marginatus, and Haemaphysalis concinna species.
Spitalská
Eva
E
Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Science, Dúbravska cesta 9, Bratislava 4, Slovak Republic. viruspi@savba.sk
Kocianová
Elena
E
D000818:Animals; D016997:Coxiella burnetii; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D018884:Ixodes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018154:Slovakia