Isolation of the equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent, Ehrlichia equi, in tick cell culture

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 664-670

  Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Madigan, John E ^b   Stephen Dumler, J ^c   Goodman, Jesse L ^d   Hayes, Stanley F ^e   Barlough, Jeffrey E ^b   Nelson, Curtis M ^d   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORSE; IXODES; JAUNDICE; LEG EDEMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0030023811     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.664-670.1996     Document Type: Article

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