Detection of human pathogenic Ehrlichia muris-like agent in Peromyscus leucopus

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-157

  Castillo, Caroline G ^a,e   Eremeeva, Marina E ^b,f   Paskewitz, Susan M ^c   Sloan, Lynne M ^a   Lee, Xia ^c   Irwin, William E ^d   Tonsberg, Stefan ^d   Pritt, Bobbi S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Joint Base Lewis McChord   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia muris; Ehrlichia muris like (EML) agent; Ehrlichiosis; Peromyscus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN 60;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EHRLICHIA MURIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; VETERINARY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA MURIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONIN 60; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROMYSCUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84922021444     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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