PCR detection of granulocytic ehrlichiae in Ixodes ricinus ticks and wild small mammals in western Switzerland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1002-1007

  Liz, Jorge S ^a   Anderes, Laurence ^a   Sumner, John W ^b   Massung, Robert F ^b   Gern, Lise ^a   Rutti, Bernard ^a   Brossard, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPLEEN; TICK;

ACARI; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARANEUS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BOVINAE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; EHRLICHIA; IXODES RICINUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS SUBTERRANEUS; MURIDAE; RICKETTSIALES; RODENTIA; SOREX ARANEUS;

EID: 0034100157     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1002-1007.2000     Document Type: Article

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