Serologic evidence of infection with granulocytic ehrlichiae in black bears in Pennsylvania

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-53

  Schultz, Sharon M ^a   Nicholson, William L ^b   Comer, James A ^b   Childs, James E ^b   Humphreys, Jan G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Black bear; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ehrlichia sp.; Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Indirect immunofluorescence assay; Ixodes scapularis; Polymerase chain reaction; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA SP.; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMALIA; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; URSIDAE;

EID: 0036368865     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.1.47     Document Type: Article

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