title: First detection of Rickettsia slovaca in Greece.
abstract: Seven hundred and three ticks collected in November and June of 2004-2006 from domestic animals in four localities of Halkidiki prefecture, Northern Greece, were tested for the presence of ricketsial DNA. Rickettsia slovaca was detected in one pool of Rhipicephalus bursa ticks, representing the first report of detection of R. slovaca in Greece.
authors: 1st Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors: Melania
authors: M
authors: Kachrimanidou
authors: Efimia
authors: E
authors: Souliou
authors: Vassiliki
authors: V
authors: Pavlidou
authors: Antonis
authors: A
authors: Antoniadis
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Papa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D006115:Greece; D008297:Male; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial