Possible differential host tropism in Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in the western United States

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 94-97

  Foley, Janet ^a   Nieto, Nathan C ^a   Madigan, John ^a   Sykes, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genospecies; Granulocytic anaplasmosis; Reservoir; Rodents

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BEAR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HORSE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; RODENTIA;

EID: 57849134752     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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