Molecular evidence of a new strain of Ehrlichia canis from South America

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2716-2719

  Vinasco, Javier ^a   Li, Olga ^b   Alvarado, Arnaldo ^b   Diaz, Diego ^b   Hoyos, Luis ^b   Tabachi, Luis ^b   Sirigireddy, Kamesh ^a   Ferguson, Carolyn ^a   Moro, Manuel H ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERU; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 34548101706     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01102-07     Document Type: Article

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