Detection of HGE agent-like Ehrlichia in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Northern Italy by PCR

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 898-900

  Cinco, Marina ^a   Padovan, Dario ^a   Murgia, Rossella ^a   Heldtander, Malin ^b   Olsson Engvall, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; EHRLICHIA; ITALY; IXODES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; ITALY; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032561812     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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