Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ruminants, rodents and ticks in Gansu, north-western China

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART 2, 2013, Pages 254-258

  Yang, Jifei ^a   Liu, Zhijie ^a   Guan, Guiquan ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Li, Youquan ^a   Chen, Ze ^a   Ma, Miling ^a   Liu, Aihong ^a   Ren, Qiaoyun ^a   Luo, Jianxun ^a   Yin, Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPLEEN; TICK; YAK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84872707556     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.046771-0     Document Type: Article

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