Evidence of anaplasma phagocytophilum infection of European Bisons in the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland;Zakażenie żubrów puszczy Białowieskiej bakteriami anaplasma phagocytophilum

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 600-601

  Grzeszczuk, Anna ^a,d   Ziarko, Sławomir ^b   Prokopowicz, Danuta ^a   Radziwon, Piotr Marek ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b Regionalne Centrum Krwiodawstwa   (Poland)

^c Klinika Hematologii   (Poland)

^d NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; European bison; PCR

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOREST; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BISON; BISON BONASUS; BUBALUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042806429     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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