Naturally occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in two prosimian primate species: Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) and ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata)

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1497-1500

  Williams, Cathy V ^a   Van Steenhouse, Jan L ^b   Bradley, Julie M ^c   Hancock, Susan I ^c   Hegarty, Barbara C ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANTECH DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSIMIAN; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036904272     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0812.020085     Document Type: Article

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