Molecular Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis Ticks from Pennsylvania

Ixodes scapularis ticks were collected in 2000 and 2001 from two areas in Pennsylvania and tested for the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi by PCR and DNA sequencing. Of the ticks collected from northwestern and southeastern Pennsylvania, 162 of 263 (61.6%) and 25 of 191...

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Published in:	J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors:	Courtney, Joshua W., Dryden, Richard L., Montgomery, Jill, Schneider, Bradley S., Smith, Gary, Massung, Robert F.
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2003
Subjects:	Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC153892/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12682147/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.4.1569-1573.2003
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