The first isolation, in vitro propagation, and genetic characterization of Ehrlichia canis in Israel

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 331-340

  Keysary, Avi ^a   Waner, Trevor ^b   Rosner, Miri ^b   Warner, Cynthia K ^c   Dawson, Jacqueline E ^c   Zass, Rosa ^b   Biggie, Kristine L ^c   Harrus, Shimon ^d  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b Life Science Research Israel   (Israel)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dog Rickettsia; Ehrlichia canis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0030006114     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00866-7     Document Type: Article

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