Dogs Infected with a Human Granulocytotropic Ehrlichia spp. (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 710-718

  Ewing, S A ^a   Dawson, J E ^b   Panciera, R J ^a   Mathew, J S ^a   Pratt, K W ^a   Katavolos, P ^c   Telford III, S R ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogs; Human granulocytotropic ehrlichia; Ixodes

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; RICKETTSIALES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITE VECTOR;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTES; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; IXODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H;

EID: 0031265457     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.6.710     Document Type: Article

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