An animal model of a newly emerging human ehrlichiosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 452-461

  Saito, Tais Berelli ^a   Thirumalapura, Nagaraja R ^a   Shelite, Thomas R ^a   Rockx Brouwer, Dedeke ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia muris like; ehrlichiosis; emerging infectious disease; human pathogen; tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IMMUNITY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TICK;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TICKS;

EID: 84922572870     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu372     Document Type: Article

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