Evidence of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Switzerland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1332-1334

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a,c   Leutenegger, Christian M ^a   Huder, Jon B ^a   Weber, Rainer ^b   Braun, Ueli ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA PHAGOCYTOPHILA; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; IXODES RICINUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032895268     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1332-1334.1999     Document Type: Article

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