title: Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia spp., and Borrelia burgdorferi s. l. in Ticks, and wild-living animals in western and middle Slovakia.
abstract: In this study, three tick species (Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor marginatus, and D. reticulatus), small terrestrial mammals, and game were examined by PCR for the presence of tick-borne pathogens Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia spp., and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu lato.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. viruksam@savba.sk
authors.forename: Katarína
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smetanová
authors.forename: Katarína
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwarzová
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocianová
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005843:Geography; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018154:Slovakia; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*