Detection of antibodies against Anaplasma phagocytophilum in algerian mice (Mus spretus), Portugal

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 663-669

  Santos, A S ^a   Amaro, F ^e   Santos Silva, M M ^e   De Sousa, R ^a   Mathias, M L ^b   Ramalhinho, M G ^b,c   Nuncio, M S ^a   Alves, M J ^a   Bacellar, F ^a   Dumler, J S ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Museu de História Natural   (Portugal)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Apodemus sylvaticus; Indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA); Mus musculus; Mus spretus; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Portugal; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SPLEEN; SPRING;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; IXODES; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS SPRETUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 72749107074     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0066     Document Type: Article

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