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Genetic variability of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks and voles from Ixodes persulcatus/Ixodes trianguliceps sympatric areas from Western Siberia, Russia.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Oct 2014
Rar Vera A, Epikhina Tamara I, Yakimenko Valeriy V, Malkova Marina G, Tancev Aleksey K, Bondarenko Evgeny I, Ivanov Mikhail K, Tikunova Nina V
Abstract excerpt
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a causative agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis in different mammals. The presence of A. phagocytophilum was assayed in Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes trianguliceps ticks and Myodes spp. voles from two I. persulcatus/I. trianguliceps sympatric areas in the Omsk region (Western Siberia, Russia). In total, A. phagocytophilum was found in 42/108 (38.9%) of vole blood samples, 13/34 (38.2%) of...
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