Antigenic diversity of granulocytic Ehrlichia isolates from humans in Wisconsin and New York and a horse in California

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1029-1034

  Asanovich, Kristin M ^b   Bakken, Johan S ^b   Madigan, John E ^b   Aguero Rosenfeld, Maria ^b   Wormser, Gary P ^b   Dumler, J Stephen ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; DISEASE SEVERITY; EHRLICHIA; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HORSE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030798399     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516529     Document Type: Article

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