Granulocytic ehrlichiosis in the laboratory mouse

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 737-745

  Hodzic, Emir ^b   Ijdo, Jacob W I ^b   Feng, Sunlian ^b   Katavolos, Paula ^b   Sun, Wei ^b   Maretzki, Craig H ^b   Fish, Durland ^b   Fikrig, Erol ^b   Telford III, Sam R ^b   Barthold, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 17344373750     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514236     Document Type: Article

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