Serosurveillance for Anaplasma phagocytophilum antibodies in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Iowa, USA

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-282

  Rainwater, Kaitlin K ^a   Ijdo, Jacob ^b   Capuano, Ana ^c   Gilchrist, Mary J R ^a   Gill, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Human granulocytic anaplasmosis; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; IXODES; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 33751293172     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.275     Document Type: Article

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