Identity of ehrlichial DNA sequences derived from Ixodes ricinus ticks with those obtained from patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Slovenia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 209-210

  Petrovec, M ^a,d   Sumner, J W ^b   Nicholson, W L ^b   Childs, J E ^b   Strle, F ^c   Barlic J ^a   Lotric Furlan S ^a   Avsic Zupanc T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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

^d Department of Parasitology   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHAPERONIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032954552     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.209-210.1999     Document Type: Article

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