Detection of Ehrlichia Phagocytophila DNA in Ixodes Ricinus Ticks from Areas in Switzerland Where Tick-borne Fever is Endemic

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Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1998 Aug 15

PMID 9705425

Citations 8

Authors

N Pusterla

J B Huder

H Lutz

U Braun

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Abstract

A total of 1,523 adult Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from regions where bovine ehrlichiosis is endemic and were examined for Ehrlichia phagocytophila via PCR. Of the ticks from cattle with ehrlichiosis, the ticks from healthy cattle, and the free-living ticks, 26.5% (18 of 68), 4.4% (35 of 802), and 0.8% (5 of 653), respectively, were positive.

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