Polymerase chain reaction evidence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an etiologic agent of human ehrlichiosis, in dogs from southeast Virginia

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1175-1179

  Dawson, Jacqueline E ^a   Biggie, Kristine L ^a   Warner, Cynthia K ^a   Cookson, Kalen ^b   Jenkins, Suzanne ^c   Levine, Jay F ^b   Olson, James G ^a  

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

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030207191     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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