Infections of granulocytic ehrlichiae and Borrelia burgdorferi in white-tailed deer in Connecticut

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 266-274

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Ijdo, Jacob W ^b   Stafford III, Kirby C ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^b  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup; Granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Odocoileus virginianus; Serosurvey; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CONNECTICUT; DEER; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033110772     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.266     Document Type: Article

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