Francisella tularensis: No Evidence for Transovarial Transmission in the Tularemia Tick Vectors Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus

Marco Genchi; Paola Prati; Nadia Vicari; Andrea Manfredini; Luciano Sacchi; Emanuela Clementi; Claudio Bandi; Sara Epis; Massimo Fabbi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133593

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Francisella tularensis: No Evidence for Transovarial Transmission in the Tularemia Tick Vectors Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus

Marco Genchi ,

* E-mail: marco.genchi@libero.it

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Tularemia, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Pavia, Italy
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Paola Prati,

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Tularemia, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Pavia, Italy
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Nadia Vicari,

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Tularemia, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Pavia, Italy
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Andrea Manfredini,

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Tularemia, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Pavia, Italy
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Luciano Sacchi,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology (Lazzaro Spallanzani), Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Emanuela Clementi,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology (Lazzaro Spallanzani), Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Claudio Bandi,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health (Divet), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Sara Epis,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health (Divet), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Massimo Fabbi

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Tularemia, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Pavia, Italy
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Francisella tularensis: No Evidence for Transovarial Transmission in the Tularemia Tick Vectors Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus

Marco Genchi,
Paola Prati,
Nadia Vicari,
Andrea Manfredini,
Luciano Sacchi,
Emanuela Clementi,
Claudio Bandi,
Sara Epis,
Massimo Fabbi

Published: August 5, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133593

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