First report of Ehrlichia ewingii detected by molecular investigation in dogs from Brazil

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 55-56

  Oliveira, L S ^a   Oliveira, K A ^a   Mourao L C ^a   Pescatore, A M ^b   Almeida, M R ^a   Conceicao L G ^a   Galvao M A M ^c   Mafra, C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Federal University of Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAZIL; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ZOONOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII;

EID: 73049109855     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02635.x     Document Type: Article

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