First molecular characterization of a granulocytic Ehrlichia strain isolated from a dog in South Italy

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-227

  Manna, Laura ^a   Alberti, Alberto ^b   Pavone, Luigi Michele ^a   Scibelli, Antonio ^a   Staiano, Norma ^a   Gravino, Angelo Elio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; E. phagocytophila; Ehrlichiosis; PCR; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LINEAGE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HOST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA;

EID: 1842639534     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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