Granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a roe deer calf in Norway

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 614-616

  Stuen, Snorre ^a   Engvall, Eva Olsson ^b   Van De Pol, Ingrid ^c   Schouls, Leo M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Case report; Ehrlichia sp. granulocytic ehrlichiosis; HGE; Roe deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FATALITY; GENETICS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTEREMIA; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; NORWAY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0035403470     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.614     Document Type: Article

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