Ehrlichial DNA Amplified from Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in France

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-183

  Parola, Philippe ^a   Beati, Lorenza ^a   Cambon, Monique ^b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a Cnrs UPRESA 6020   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia equi; Ehrlichia phagocytophila; France; Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Ixodes ricinus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FRANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; IXODES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032015170     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.2.180     Document Type: Article

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