Serologic evidence of infection with Ehrlichia spp. in wild rodents (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 695-700

  Nicholson, William L ^a,b   Muir, Susie ^a   Sumner, John W ^a   Childs, James E ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CRICETIDAE; EHRLICHIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031938858     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.695-700.1998     Document Type: Article

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