Identification of the tick-borne pathogens Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Rickettsia in Swedish ticks : Investigation of transovarial transmission and co-infection

Globally, vector borne diseases cause more than a million deaths each year and more than a billion infections in humans. Ticks are of big medicinal importance since they can transmit pathogens that can cause serious infections. Some recently discovered pathogens that can cause infections in humans a...

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Main Author: Jönsson, Johanna
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB) 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53366