Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup rickettsiae in ixodid ticks from California collected in 1995 and 1996

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2018-2021

  Barlough, Jeffrey E ^c,d   Madigan, John E ^c   Kramer, Vicki L ^a   Clover, James R ^a   Hui, Lucia T ^a   Webb, James P ^b   Vredevoe, Larisa K ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Orange Co Vector Control District   (United States)

^c School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; LAMA GLAMA;

EID: 0030811120     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2018-2021.1997     Document Type: Article

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