Natural Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection of ticks and rodents from a forest area of Jilin Province, China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 664-668

  Cao, Wu Chun ^a   Zhan, Lin ^a   He, Jing ^a   Foley, Janet E ^b   De Vlas, Sake J ^c   Wu, Xiao Ming ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Richardus, Jan H ^c   Habbema, J Dik F ^c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR SILVARUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FOREST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IXODES PERSULCATUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; TREE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; DERMACENTOR SILVARUM; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES;

EID: 33750617388     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.664     Document Type: Article

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