Novel Ehrlichia genotype detected in dogs in South Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 4204-4207

  Allsopp, M T E P ^a   Allsopp, B A ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SMEAR; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034763593     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.4204-4207.2001     Document Type: Article

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