Human disease in Europe caused by a granulocytic Ehrlichia species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1556-1559

  Petrovec, Miroslav ^a   Furlan, Stanka Lotric ^b   Zupanc, Tatjana Avsic ^a   Strle, Franc ^b   Brouqui, Philippe ^c   Roux, Veronique ^c   Dumler, J Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; TICK BITE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0030925979     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1556-1559.1997     Document Type: Article

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