title: Incidence of various tick-borne microorganisms in rodents and ticks of central Slovakia.
abstract: In this study, we detected Rickettsia helvetica, Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia muris, Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, and Bartonella sp. infections in wild rodents and ticks collected from the vegetation of central Slovakia. The microorganisms were identified by PCR and sequencing. Yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) were infected with E. muris and Bartonella sp., while ticks Ixodes ricinus collected from the vegetation were infected with R. helvetica, Candidatus M. mitochondrii, Candidatus N. mikurensis, A. phagocytophilum, and E. muris.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. eva.spitalska@savba.sk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spitalská
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boldis
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kostanová
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocianová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stefanidesová
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015994:Incidence; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D051189:Murinae / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology