Global proteomic analysis of two tick-borne emerging zoonotic agents: Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Mingqun ^a   Kikuchi, Takane ^a   Brewer, Heather M ^b   Norbeck, Angela D ^b   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Human granulocytic anaplasmosis; Human leukocytes; Human monocytic ehrlichiosis; Proteomic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960140462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00024     Document Type: Article

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