Ehrlichiosis, common among animals but also occurs in humans;Ehrlichios vanlig djursjukdom men även människor kan drabbas

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Volumn 96, Issue 37, 1999, Pages 3884-3887

  Gustafson, Rolf ^a,c   Artursson, Karin ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Huddinge Sjukhus   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; DOG; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSES; HUMANS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033567715     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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