Lack of susceptibility of guinea pigs and gerbils to experimental infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-322

  Loftis, Amanda D ^a   Levin, Michael L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Cavia porcellus; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Gerbils; Guinea pigs; Meriones unguiculatus; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GERBIL; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TICK; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 12344270268     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2004.4.319     Document Type: Article

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