Isolation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) confirms their role as natural reservoir hosts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1681-1686

  Lockhart, J Mitchell ^a   Davidson, William R ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Dawson, Jacqueline E ^b   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030997908     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1681-1686.1997     Document Type: Article

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