Experimental infection of Rhipicephalus sanguineus with Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 334-338

  Stoffel, Ryan T ^a   McClure, Jennifer C ^a   Butcher, Marion M ^a   Johnson, Gayle C ^a   Roland, Will ^a   Cheng, Chuanmin ^b   Sirigireddy, Kamesh R ^b   Ganta, Roman ^b   Boughan, Kirstin ^d   Ewing, S A ^c   Stich, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogs; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; KIDNEY; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

DOGS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903455224     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.04.017     Document Type: Article

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