Evaluation of squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) as ecologically significant hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum in California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 763-769

  Nieto, Nathan C ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chipmunks; Granulocytic anaplasmosis; Gray squirrels; Ixodidae; Sciurus griseus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHAPERONIN; DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIOSIS; GROEL PROTEIN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIURIDAE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS GRISEUS; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; TAMIAS; TAMIASCIURUS DOUGLASII;

EID: 49249098695     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[763:EOSRSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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