Cultivation of Ehrlichia canis in a continuous BALB/C mouse macrophage cell culture line

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 521-523

  Keysary, Avi ^a   Waner, Trevor ^a   Strenger, Carmella ^b   Harrus, Shimon ^c  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b Life Science Research Israel   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0035515454     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300612     Document Type: Article

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