Serologic and molecular evidence of Ehrlichia spp. in coyotes in California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 494-499

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Chang, Chao Chin ^a   Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Chae, Joon Seok ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a   DeRock, Elfriede ^a   Kramer, Vicki L ^b   Lutz, Hans ^c   Madigan, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Ehrlichia risticii; Granulocytic ehrlichiae; Indirect immunofluorescence antibody test; Polymerase chain reaction; Reservoir hosts; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; CHEMISTRY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CARNIVORA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0034220589     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.3.494     Document Type: Article

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