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Prevalence of Tick-Borne Zoonotic Bacteria in Questing Adult Ticks from Northern Spain
29 Aug 2008
Abstract excerpt
A total of 691 questing adult ixodid ticks of the genera Ixodes, Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor, and Rhipicephalus were tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse line blot (RLB) for the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Coxiella burnetii, Borrelia spp., and spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae. Ticks were collected by blanket dragging during 2 sampling years (2003-2005) in 10 recreational areas in...
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