"Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis" infection in a dog from Germany

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2059-2062

  Diniz, Pedro Paulo V P ^a   Schulz, Bianka S ^b   Hartmann, Katrin ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; MELOXICAM;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROEL GENE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIMB SWELLING; MASTECTOMY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GERMANY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPENIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79955534848     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02327-10     Document Type: Article

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