Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia spp., and Borrelia burgdorferi s. l. in Ticks, and wild-living animals in western and middle Slovakia.
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.
Smetanová
Katarína
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Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. viruksam@savba.sk
Schwarzová
Katarína
K
Kocianová
Elena
E
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*