Anaplasma platys in bone marrow megakaryocytes of young dogs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2231-2234

  De Tommasi, A Sara ^a   Baneth, Gad ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c   Stanneck, Dorothee ^d   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,e   Otranto, Domenico ^a   De Caprariis, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYER AG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; DOG; EMPERIPOLESIS; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MONOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TICK INFESTATION; UNDERWEIGHT; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; DOG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES;

EID: 84901685010     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00395-14     Document Type: Article

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