Detection of Coxiella burnetii in ticks collected in Slovakia and Hungary

Eur J Epidemiol. 2003;18(3):263-6. doi: 10.1023/A:1023330222657.

Abstract

A total of 235 adult ticks collected from vegetation in Slovakia and Hungary in 1998-2000 were tested for Coxiella burnetii by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). C. burnetii was identified in six ticks of Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor marginatus, and Haemaphysalis concinna species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coxiella burnetii*
  • Humans
  • Hungary
  • Ixodes*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Slovakia

Associated data

  • GENBANK/Z11828