Raccoons (Procyon lotor), but not rodents, are natural and experimental hosts for an ehrlichial organism related to "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis"

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 301-308

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a,b   Murphy, Staci M ^b   Luttrell, M Page ^b   Wilcox, Benjamin R ^a,b   Ruckdeschel, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Anatomic Pathology Service Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary   (United States)

^c Cumberland Island Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Candidatus; Dermacentor; Ixodex; Neoehrlichia; Raccoon; Rodents

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE SEQUENCE; INOCULATION; IXODES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RACCOON; RAT; RODENT; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; RACCOONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMALIA; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; DERMACENTOR; IXODES; IXODIDA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 50049121042     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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