A newly discovered Anaplasma phagocytophilum variant in rodents from southeastern China

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-380

  Zhan, Lin ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a   De Vlas, Sake ^b   Xie, Shu Yun ^c   Zhang, Pan He ^a   Wu, Xiao Ming ^a   Dumler, J Stephen ^d   Yang, Hong ^a   Richardus, Jan H ^b   Habbema, J Dik F ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Field studies; Population; Rodent borne; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 45549102713     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0211     Document Type: Article

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