Eperythrozoon infection identified in an unknown aetiology anaemia patient

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 467-469

  Yuan, Congli ^a   Liang, Aibing ^b   Yu, Fei ^a   Yang, Zhibiao ^a   Li, Zhengpin ^a   Zhu, Jianguo ^a   Cui, Li ^a   Han, Yin ^b   Hua, Xiuguo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

16s RNA; Electron microscope; Eperythrozoon; Erythrocyte

Indexed keywords

MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 35348939156     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175091     Document Type: Article

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