Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in Ixodes ricinus, Bavaria, Germany.
Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA was detected by real-time PCR, which targeted the msp2 gene, in 2.9% of questing Ixodes ricinus ticks (adults and nymphs; n = 2,862), collected systematically from selected locations in Bavaria, Germany, in 2006. Prevalence was significantly higher in urban public parks in Munich than in natural forests.
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. cornelia.silaghi@tropa.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de
Cornelia
C
Silaghi
Jérémie
J
Gilles
Michael
M
Höhle
Volker
V
Fingerle
Frank Thomas
FT
Just
Kurt
K
Pfister
D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D002947:Cities; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D018884:Ixodes / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000382:microbiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012621:Seasons; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial