Identification of a granulocytic Ehrlichia strain isolated from a horse in Switzerland and comparison with other Rickettsiae of the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2035-2037

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Huder, Jon B ^a   Feige, Karsten ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SWITZERLAND;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; ICTERUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031864375     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.2035-2037.1998     Document Type: Article

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