Morphological evidence for infection of impala, Aepyceros melampus, platelets by a rickettsia-like organism

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-318

  Du Plessis, L ^a   Reyers, F ^b   Stevens, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia platys; Electron microscopy; Impala; Parasite; Platelets; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; MELAMPUS; RICKETTSIA;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BLOOD PLATELETS; EHRLICHIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0031311535     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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