Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in small mammal hosts of Ixodes ticks, Western United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1147-1150

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Nieto, Nathan C ^a   Adjemian, Jennifer ^a   Dabritz, Haydee ^b   Brown, Richard N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; IXODES; MAMMAL; NEOTOMA; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VOLE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IXODES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 46349085131     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.071599     Document Type: Article

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