Serologic evidence for a novel Ehrlichia species in woodchucks (Marmota monax) from Pennsylvania, USA

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 90-93

  Nicholson, William L ^a   Kuhar, Daniel J ^b   Humphreys, Jan G ^b   Childs, James E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia sp.; Rickettsiae; Tick borne diseases; Woodchucks

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IXODES; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT; SCIURIDAE; SEROLOGY; TYPHUS; UNITED STATES; WOODCHUCK;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA SP.; IXODES; MARMOTA MONAX; RICKETTSIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0037714934     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07342.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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