Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in north Norway. The first laboratory confirmed case

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-171

  Stuen, S ^a   Oppegaard, A Solli ^b   Bergstrom K ^c   Moum, T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; PARASITE VECTOR; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; NORWAY; TICKS;

EID: 29144516848     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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