Ehrlichiosis and zoonotic anaplasmosis in Suburban Areas of Beijing, China

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 932-937

  Zhang, Xiu Chun ^a   Zhang, Li Xia ^b   Li, Wei Hong ^a   Wang, Shi Wen ^b   Sun, Yu Lan ^a   Wang, Yuan Yuan ^b   Guan, Zeng Zhi ^a   Liu, Xiu Jun ^c   Yang, Yu Song ^d   Zhang, Shu Guang ^e   Yu, Hui Lan ^b   Zhang, Li Juan ^b  

^a Beijing Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b National Institute of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Beijing Tongzhou District CDC   (China)

^d Beijing Miyun County CDC   (China)

^e Department of Dermatology   (China)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Beijing rural areas; domestic animals; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Epidemiological Investigation; Farmer population

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOAT; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS;

EID: 84869005885     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.0961     Document Type: Article

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