Comparison of Ehrlichia muris strains isolated from wild mice and ticks and serologic survey of humans and animals with E. muris as antigen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1123-1129

  Kawahara, Makoto ^a   Ito, Tadahiko ^b   Suto, Chiharu ^c   Shibata, Shinichiro ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^d   Hata, Kazuhisa ^e   Hirai, Katsuya ^f  

^a NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hachioji Public Health Center   (Japan)

^f GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; APODEMUS ARGENTEUS; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; EOTHENOMYS; EOTHENOMYS KAGEUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS FLAVA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RICKETTSIALES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033025059     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1123-1129.1999     Document Type: Article

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