Detection of Ehrlichia spp. in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Georgia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-171

  Dugan, Vivien G ^a   Gaydos, Joseph K ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Little, Susan E ^a   Beall, Ashley D ^a   Mead, Daniel G ^a   Hurd, Colin C ^a   Davidson, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Ehrlichia; Opossums; Raccoons

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GEORGIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACCOONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODES TEXANUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RODENTIA;

EID: 23844444079     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.162     Document Type: Article

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