Differential exposure to Anaplasma phagocytophilum in rodent species in Northern California

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-55

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Clueit, S Bernadette ^b   Brown, Richard N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulocytic anaplasmosis; Rodents; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EXOSPORE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODIDA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; PTEROMYINI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS GRISEUS; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; TAMIAS SENEX; TAMIASCIURUS DOUGLASII;

EID: 39449136468     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0175     Document Type: Article

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