Granulocytic ehrlichiosis in two dogs in Switzerland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2307-2309

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Huder, Jon ^a   Wolfensberger, Celestine ^a   Litschi, Bruno ^a   Parvis, Anne ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRANULOCYTE; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA;

EID: 0030836798     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2307-2309.1997     Document Type: Article

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