Pathologic evidence of ehrlichiosis in calves inoculated with Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-106

  Delos Santos, Jose R C ^a   Oglesbee, Michael ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Stich, R W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Human monocytic ehrlichiosis; Large animal disease model

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG EDEMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; TICK;

ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 57849141803     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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