| detection of candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis and ehrlichia muris in estonian ticks. | so far neglected bacteria like candidatud neoehrlichia mikurensis and ehrlichia muris-like agents get increased attention in the recent past. ixodid ticks were demonstrated to harbor both of these pathogens. estonia is populated by two medically important tick species, i. ricinus and i. persulcatus. in this study the presence of e. muris and candidatus n. mikurensis in these two tick species was investigated. tick dna was analyzed by nested pcr and subsequent sequencing for the presence of 16s r ... | 2017 | 27720382 |