Invasion and intracellular development of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent in tick cell culture

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2518-2524

  Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Jauron, Steven D ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^c   Leitritz, Lorenz ^c   Hayes, S Fred ^b   Hautman, Joan M ^a   Nelson, Curtis M ^c   Huberty, Brent W ^c   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Ahlstrand, Gilbert G ^a   Greig, Barbara ^a   Mellencamp, Martha A ^a   Goodman, Jesse L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE; INTERNALIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032812655     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2518-2524.1999     Document Type: Article

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