Ultrastructural and antigenic characterization of a granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent directly isolated and stably cultivated from a patient in New York State

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 210-213

  Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Zhi, Ning ^b   Wormser, Gary P ^b   Wen, Bohai ^b   Horowitz, Harold W ^b   Hechemy, Karim E ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031015273     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.1.210     Document Type: Article

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