First isolation and molecular characterization of Ehrlichia canis in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 365-372

  Aguirre, Enara ^a   Sainz, Angel ^a   Dunner, Susana ^a   Amusategui, Inmaculada ^a   López, Lissette ^b   Rodríguez Franco, Fernando ^a   Luaces, Inés ^b   Cortés, Oscar ^a   Tesouro, Miguel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Inmunologia y Genetica Aplicada SA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dog; Ehrlichia canis; Isolation; Sequence; Spain

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISRAEL; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMIDOCARB; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 5144227311     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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