Field evidence that roe deer (Capreolus capveolus) are a natural host for Ehrlichia phagocytophila

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 315-323

  Alberdi, M P ^a   Walker, A R ^a   Urquhart, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Thistle Veterinary Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEER; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034050989     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003684     Document Type: Article

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