Isolation of an Anaplasma sp. organism from white-tailed deer by tick cell culture

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4328-4335

  Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Tate, Cynthia M ^b   Lynch, Meghan J ^a   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^b   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Davidson, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; GIEMSA STAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; TICK CELL CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RICKETTSIALES; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0041779511     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4328-4335.2003     Document Type: Article

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