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Genetic variability of Anaplasmataceae circulating in small mammals and ticks in an Ixodes persulcatus/Ixodes trianguliceps sympatric area in Russian Siberia.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Sept 2020
Rar Vera, Yakimenko Valeriy, Tikunov Artem, Makenov Marat, Epikhina Tamara, Tancev Aleksey, Tikunova Nina
Abstract excerpt
A total of 705 rodents from Myodes, Microtus, and Apodemus genera, 396 adult questing Ixodes persulcatus, and 115 Ixodes larvae and nymphs taken from rodents (and then molted under laboratory conditions to nymphs and adults) were collected in 2013-2018 in Omsk province, Russian Siberia, and examined for the presence of Anaplasmataceae. DNA of Anaplasma phagocytophilum was detected in 29.5 % rodents, 3.8 %...
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