Serological and molecular survey of Rickettsial infection in cattle and Sika deer in a pastureland in Hidaka District, Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 315-317

  Jilintai, ^a   Seino, Nobutaka ^a   Matsumoto, Kotaro ^a   Hayakawa, Daisuke ^b   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^b   Hata, Hirosi ^c   Kondo, Seiji ^c   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Inokuma, Hisashi ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; GENUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTURELAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA ASIATICA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEER; DNA, BACTERIAL; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 48749113657     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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