Geographic, clinical, serologic, and molecular evidence of granulocytic ehrlichiosis, a likely zoonotic disease, in minnesota and wisconsin dogs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-48

  Greig, Barbara ^a,c   Asanovich, Kristin M ^b   Jane Armstrong, P ^a   Stephen Dumler, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII;

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LETHARGY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MINNESOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WISCONSIN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0029656026     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.44-48.1996     Document Type: Article

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