Prevalence of granulocytic Ehrlichia infection among white-tailed deer in Wisconsin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1465-1468

  Belongia, Edward A ^a   Reed, Kurt D ^a   Mitchell, Paul D ^a   Kolbert, Chris P ^c   Persing, David H ^c   Gill, James S ^d   Kazmierczak, James J ^b  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; INFECTION RATE; IXODES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0031011423     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1465-1468.1997     Document Type: Article

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