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Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum , Rickettsia sp. and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in Questing Ixodes ricinus Ticks from France
Author(s) -
HALOS LÉNAÏG,
VOURC'H GWENAËL,
COTTE VIOLAINE,
GASQUI PATRICK,
BARNOUIN JACQUES,
BOULOUS HENRIJEAN,
VAYSSIERTAUSSAT MURIEL
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.059
Subject(s) - ixodes ricinus , anaplasma phagocytophilum , borrelia burgdorferi , anaplasma , biology , ixodes , ricinus , virology , sensu , borrelia , tick , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology , genetics , genus , botany , antibody
A total of 4701 Ixodes ricinus , collected during the summer of 2003, were analyzed for three pathogens. DNA was detected from the three pathogens. Co‐detection of more than one pathogen was observed.