Experimental inoculation with human granulocytic ehrlichia agent derived from high- and low-passage cell culture in horses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1276-1278

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Madigan, John E ^a   Asanovich, Kristin M ^b   Chae, Joon Seok ^a   Derock, Elfriede ^a   Leutenegger, Christian M ^a   Pusterla, Jeannine Berger ^a   Lutz, Hans ^c   Dumler, J Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034088999     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1276-1278.2000     Document Type: Article

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