Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Brazilian marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 262-266

  Machado, Rosangela Zacarias ^a   Duarte, José Maurício B ^a   Dagnone, Ana Silvia ^a   Szabó, Matias Pablo J ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaplasma marginale; Brazil; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Marsh Deer; nPCR; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; EDETIC ACID;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; DEER; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; MARSH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BLASTOCEROS DICHOTOMUS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII;

EID: 33747158294     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.02.038     Document Type: Article

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