Identification of <i>Ehrlichia chaffeensis</i> , <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> , and <i>A. bovis</i> in <i>Haemaphysalis longicornis</i> and <i>Ixodes persulcatus</i> Ticks from Korea

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A total of 1,467 tick (1,463 of Haemaphysalis longicornis, three of Ixodes persulcatus and one of I. turdus) collected from nine provinces of Korea were examined by TaqMan real-time PCR for the presence of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma species. One set of primers and a probe were designed for detection of all of the Ehrlichia and Anaplasma species. Template DNAs (total 803) were prepared either from pools of larvae,...

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