Isolation and characterization of Ehrlichia chaffeensis strains from patients with fatal ehrlichiosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2496-2502

  Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Sumner, John W ^a   Shore, G Merrill ^b   Bartley, Donald C ^b   Elie, Roland C ^c   McQuade, Joseph G ^c   Martin, Charles R ^c   Goldsmith, Cynthia S ^a   Childs, James E ^a  

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

^b St Vincent's Medical Center Jacksonville   (United States)

^c NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS;

EID: 0030848759     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2496-2502.1997     Document Type: Article

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