Enzootic transmission of Anaplasma bovis in Nantucket cottontail rabbits

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3744-3747

  Goethert, Heidi K ^a   Telford III, Sam R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LAGOMORPHA; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; SEASONS; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0042023368     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3744-3747.2003     Document Type: Article

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