Serological evidence of infection with Ehrlichia spp. in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Switzerland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1168-1169

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a,b   Deplazes, Peter ^a   Braun, Ueli ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FOX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; CANIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; RICKETTSIALES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0033066732     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1168-1169.1999     Document Type: Article

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