Co-infection of white-tailed deer with multiple strains of Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-151

  Varela Stokes, Andrea S ^a   Stokes, John V ^a   Davidson, William R ^a   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co infection; Erhlichia chaffeensis; Tick borne; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33746122590     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.140     Document Type: Article

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