Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in bank voles, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2063-2065

  Vayssier Taussat, Muriel ^a   le Rhun, Danielle ^a   Buffet, Jean Philippe ^a   Maaoui, Narimane ^a   Galan, Maxime ^b   Guivier, Emmanuel ^b   Charbonnel, Nathalie ^b   Cosson, Jean François ^b  

^a INRA   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS INFECTION; FRANCE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROEL GENE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VOLE;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84869803519     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1812.120846     Document Type: Article

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