Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum: prevalences and investigations on a new transmission path in small mammals and ixodid ticks

Abstract Background Small mammals are crucial for the life history of ixodid ticks, but their role and importance in the transmission cycle of tick-borne pathogens is mostly unknown. Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis (CNM) and Anaplasma phagocytophilum are both tick-borne pathogens, and rodents are...

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Main Authors: Anna Obiegala, Martin Pfeffer, Kurt Pfister, Tim Tiedemann, Claudia Thiel, Anneliese Balling, Carolin Karnath, Dietlinde Woll, Cornelia Silaghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0563-x