Persistent Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 538-546

  Davidson, William R ^a   Lockhart, J Mitchell ^a,c   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^a   Dawson, Jacqueline E ^b   Rechav, Yigal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

^c VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia chaffeenis; Epidemiology experimental study; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035407541     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.538     Document Type: Article

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