Anaplasma platys in dogs, Chile

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1392-1395

  Abarca, Katia ^a   López, Javier ^b,c   Perret, Cecilia ^a   Guerrero, Javier ^b   Godoy, Paula ^a   Veloz, Ana ^a   Valiente Echeverría, Fernando ^a   León, Ursula ^a   Gutjahr, Constanza ^b   Azócar, Teresa ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

^c Alcántara Veterinary Clinic   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848920054     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1309.070021     Document Type: Article

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