Detection of Ehrlichial DNA in Haemaphysalis Ticks Recovered from Dogs in Japan That Is Closely Related to a Novel Ehrlichia sp. Found in Cattle Ticks from Tibet, Thailand, and Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1353-1355

  Inokuma, Hisashi ^a   Beppu, Takeshi ^a   Okuda, Masaru ^a   Shimada, Yojiro ^b   Sakata, Yoshimi ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHINA; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMAPHYSALIS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THAILAND; TICK;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; THAILAND; TIBET; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA SP.; HAEMAPHYSALIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 1542723483     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1353-1355.2004     Document Type: Article

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