Ehrlichia-like 16S rDNA sequence from wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-58

  Dawson, Jacqueline E ^a   Warner, Cynthia K ^a   Baker, Vanesa ^a   Ewing, S A ^a,b   Stallknecht, David E ^a,c   Davidson, William R ^a,c   Kocan, A A ^a,b   Lockhart, J Mitchell ^a,c   Olson, James G ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; DEER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0029869430     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284115     Document Type: Article

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