Uncharacterized Ehrlichia spp. may contribute to clinical heartwater

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 791, Issue , 1996, Pages 17-23

  Allsopp, B A ^a   Allsopp, M T ^a   Du Plessis, J H ^a   Visser, Ande S ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EHRLICHIA; HEART DISEASE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0029737133     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb53507.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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