First detection of Ehrlichia platys in dogs and ticks in Okinawa, Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 89-91

  Motoi, Yurie ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   Inokuma, Hisashi ^b   Kiyuuna, Tsuyoshi ^c   Muramatsu, Yasukazu ^a   Ueno, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Çhiharu ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Okinawa Prefectural Animal Pound and Protection Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dog; Ehrlichia platys; PCR; Tick

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA PLATYS; EHRLICHIOSIS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENES, RRNA; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0035128716     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2001.tb01263.x     Document Type: Article

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