Lack of seroreactivity to Ehrlichia chaffeensis among rodent populations

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 392-396

  Mitchell Lockhart, J ^a   Davidson, William R ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Dawson, Jacqueline E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Epidemiology; Rodents; Serology; Survey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; C3H MOUSE; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; RAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; RATS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032044187     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.392     Document Type: Article

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