Hemotrophic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas): A review and new insights into pathogenic potential

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-13

  Messick, Joanne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eperythrozoon; Erythrocyte; Haemobartonella; Mycoplasma; Parasite; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; ARMERIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 2142751166     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2004.tb00342.x     Document Type: Review

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