Serologic evidence for human Ehrlichiosis in Chile;Ehrlichiosis humana en Chile, evidencia serológica

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-70

  López D , Javier ^a   Rivera S, Marisol ^a   Concha G, Juan Carlos ^a   Gatica Q, Silvana ^a   Loeffeholz, Mike ^a   Barriga V, Omar ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Animal diseases; Ehrlichia; Ehrlichiosis; Veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CHILE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SERODIAGNOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 12444303177     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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