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Molecular Detection ofEhrlichia phagocytophilaGenogroup Organisms in Larvae ofNeotrombicula autumnalis(Acari: Trombiculidae) Captured in Spain
1 Dec 2001
Abstract excerpt
Twenty unfed larvae of Neotrombicula autumnalis (Acari: Trombiculidae) collected on vegetation in the north of Spain were examined by polymerase chain reaction for Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.). rickettsiae, and the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup. At least 10% of the larvae were found to contain granulocytic ehrlichiae. Because the larvae were unfed, they would necessarily have inherited the bacteria through a...
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