Ehrlichia SPP. in cervids from California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 731-737

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Barlough, Jeffrey E ^a   Kimsey, Robert B ^a   Madigan, John E ^a   DeRock, Elfriede ^a   Poland, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus nannodes; Ehrlichia equi; Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Odocoileus hemionus columbianus; Odocoileus hemionus hemionus; Survey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; DERMACENTOR; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; CALIFORNIA; DEER; DERMACENTOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032177904     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.4.731     Document Type: Article

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