In vitro Culture of a Novel Genotype of Ehrlichia sp. from Brazil

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 86-92

  Zweygarth, E ^a   Schol H ^a   Lis, K ^a   Cabezas Cruz, A ^b   Thiel, C ^a   Silaghi, C ^a   Ribeiro, M F B ^c   Passos, L M F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Brazil; Cattle; DH82; Ehrlichia; Endothelial cell; in vitro culture; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; Tick cell

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; DH82; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO CULTURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; TICK; TICK CELL;

16S RRNA; BRAZIL; CATTLE; DH82; EHRLICHIA; ENDOTHELIAL CELL; IN VITRO CULTURE; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; TICK CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICKS;

EID: 84887384554     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12122     Document Type: Article

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