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PCR-based survey of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Portuguese ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Feb 2009
Santos Ana S, Santos-Silva M Margarida, Sousa Rita de, Bacellar Fatima, Dumler J Stephen
Abstract excerpt
A total of two-thousand and six ticks, collected from 2002 to 2006 in areas belonging to seven districts of Mainland Portugal and also in Madeira Island, were examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Active infections were detected exclusively in Ixodes species, including six questing I. ricinus nymphs from Madeira Island, one questing I. ventalloi nymph from...
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