Acquisition and transmission of the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis by Ixodes scapularis ticks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3574-3578

  Hodzic, Emir ^a   Fish, Durland ^b   Maretzki, Craig M ^a   De Silva, Aravinda M ^b   Feng, Sunlian ^a   Barthold, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; FEEDING; IXODES; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TICK;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031753478     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3574-3578.1998     Document Type: Article

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