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Detection of<i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i>DNA in<i>Ixodes</i>Ticks (Acari:<i>Ixodidae</i>) from Madeira Island and Setúbal District, Mainland Portugal
1 Sept 2004
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A total of 278 Ixodes ticks, collected from Madeira Island and Setubal District, mainland Portugal, were examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Six (4%) of 142 Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected in Madeira Island and 1 nymph and 1 male (2%) of 93 I. ventalloi collected in Setubal District tested positive for A. phagocytophilum msp2 genes or rrs. Infection was not...
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