Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Northern California: Two case descriptions with genetic analysis of the ehrlichiae

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 388-392

  Foley, Janet E ^a,b,c,d   Crawford Miksza, Leta ^a,b,c,d   Dumler, J Stephen ^a,b,c,d   Glaser, Carol ^a,b,c,d   Chae, Joon Seok ^a,b,c,d   Yeh, Elaine ^a,b,c,d   Schnurr, David ^a,b,c,d   Hood, Ron ^a,b,c,d   Hunter, Willard ^a,b,c,d   Madigan, John E ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Redwoods Rural Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EHRLICHIA;

EID: 0032770843     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520220     Document Type: Article

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