Anaplasma phagocytophilum in livestock and small rodents

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 405-408

  Zhan, Lin ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a   Jiang, Jia Fu ^a   Zhang, Xiao Ai ^a   Wu, Xiao Ming ^a   Zhang, Wen Yi ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Zuo, Shu Qing ^a   Cao, Zhi Wei ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Richardus, Jan H ^b   Habbema, J DikF ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Livestock; Rodents

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; LIVESTOCK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; CHINA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77955584681     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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