Ehrlichia canis-like agent isolated from a man in Venezuela: Antigenic and genetic characterization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2133-2139

  Perez, Miriam ^a,b   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Wen, Bohai ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Lisandro Alvarado   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS STR. ARKANSAS; EHRLICHIA MURIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029740665     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2133-2139.1996     Document Type: Article

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