Amplification of ehrlichial DNA from dogs 34 months after infection with Ehrlichia canis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-76

  Harrus, Shimon ^a   Waner, Trevor ^b   Aizenberg, Itzhak ^a   Foley, Janet E ^c   Poland, Amy M ^c   Bark, Hylton ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031984815     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.73-76.1998     Document Type: Article

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