Route of transmission alters the infectivity of Anaplasma phagocytophila in mice

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 494-495

  Massung, Robert F ^a,b   Priestley, Rachael A ^a   Levin, Michael L ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophila; HGE; Human granulocytic erlichiosis; Transmission; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL CELL; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 0038728055     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07416.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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