Isolation and establishment of the raccoon Ehrlichia-like agent in tick cell culture

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-425

  Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^b   Murphy, Staci M ^b   Luttrell, M Page ^b   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia; Ixodes; Raccoon; Tick; Tick cell culture

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BLOOD CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA LIKE BACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSOME; ERYTHROCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IXODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RACCOONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA SP.; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 35148824976     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0640     Document Type: Article

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