Experimental infection of white-tailed deer with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, etiologic agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3595-3601

  Tate, Cynthia M ^a   Mead, Daniel G ^a   Luttrell, M Page ^a   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^a   Dugan, Vivien G ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^b   Davidson, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE MARROW; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRANULOCYTE; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MALE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DEER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 23644453095     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.3595-3601.2005     Document Type: Article

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