Antibodies to granulocytic ehrlichiae in white-footed and cotton mice in eastern United States

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-265

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Stafford III, Kirby C ^a   Ijdo, Jacob W ^b   Fikrig, Erol ^b   Oliver Jr , James H ^c   Hutcheson, H Joel ^c,d   Boone, James L ^e  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton mouse; Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup; Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Peromyscus gossypinus; Peromyscus leucopus; Serosurvey; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; CRICETINAE; EHRLICHIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS GOSSYPINUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; RODENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNECTICUT; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MARYLAND; PEROMYSCUS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033109143     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.259     Document Type: Article

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