Detection of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Norway up to the northern limit of Ixodes ricinus distribution using a novel real time PCR test targeting the groEL gene.

Andrew JenkinsCecilie RaasokBenedikte N PedersenKristine JensenÅshild AndreassenArnulf SolengKristin Skarsfjord EdgarHeidi Heggen LindstedtVivian KjellandSnorre StuenDag HvidstenBjørn-Erik Kristiansen

Published in: BMC microbiology (2019)

Ca. N. mikurensis is widespread and common in ticks in Norway and reaches up to their northern limit near the Arctic Circle. Ticks appear to acquire Ca. N. mikurensis during their first blood meal. No evidence for transovarial transmission was found.

Keyphrases

real time pcr
protein kinase
climate change
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genome wide
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gene expression
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