Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Germany: Evidence from serological studies, tick analyses, and a case of equine ehrlichiosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 116-117

  Von Loewenich, Friederike D ^a   Stumpf, Gerald ^b   Baumgarten, Birgit U ^a,e   Röllinghoff, Martin ^a   Dumler, J Stephen ^c   Bogdan, Christian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Germany; Granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEVER; GERMANY; GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TICK;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0037972873     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07348.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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