Dusky-footed wood rats (Neotoma fuscipes) as reservoirs of granulocytic ehrlichiae (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) in northern California

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3323-3327

  Nicholson, William L ^a,b   Castro, Martin B ^c   Kramer, Vicki L ^c   Sumner, John W ^a   Childs, James E ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; IXODES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RICKETTSIALES; SEROLOGY;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS; EHRLICHIA; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PEROMYSCUS SP.; PEROMYSCUS TRUEI; RICKETTSIALES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032856764     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3323-3327.1999     Document Type: Article

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