Short report: Geographic distribution of different genetic types of Ehrlichia chaffeensis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 679-680

  Yu, Xuejie ^a   Piesman, Joseph F ^b   Olson, James G ^c   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EHRLICHIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS;

EID: 0030855225     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.679     Document Type: Article

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