Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 289-292

  Ohashi, Norio ^a   Gaowa, ^a   Wuritu, ^a   Kawamori, Fumihiko ^a,c   Wu, Dongxing ^a   Yoshikawa, Yuko ^a   Chiya, Seizou ^b   Fukunaga, Kazutoshi ^b   Funato, Toyohiko ^d   Shiojiri, Masaaki ^e,i   Nakajima, Hideki ^e,j   Hamauzu, Yoshiji ^f   Takano, Ai ^g   Kawabata, Hiroki ^g   Ando, Shuji ^g   Kishimoto, Toshio ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b Kochi Institute of Health   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HYGIENE   (Japan)

^d Muroto Hospital   (Japan)

^e Kochi Prefectural Aki Hospital   (Japan)

^f Chu gei Clinic   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^h Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health   (Japan)

ⁱ EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFDINIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAPAN; MALAISE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84930486359     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.120855     Document Type: Article

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