Ixodes dammini as a potential vector of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1007-1012

  Pancholi, Preeti ^a,b,c,d,e   Kolbert, Chris P ^a,b,c,d,e   Mitchell, Paul D ^a,b,c,d,e   Reed, Kurt D ^a,b,c,d,e   Dumler, J Stephen ^a,b,c,d,e   Bakken, Johann S ^a,b,c,d,e   Telford, Sam R ^a,b,c,d,e   Persing, David H ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Duluth Clinic   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; IXODES DAMMINI; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CASE REPORT; DNA PRIMERS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMAN; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0029128634     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.4.1007     Document Type: Article

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