| Literature DB >> 9230803 |
X Yu1, J F Piesman, J G Olson, D H Walker.
Abstract
The 120-kD protein gene of Ehrlichia chaffeensis was used to characterize ehrlichial DNA from seven pools of adult Amblyomma americanum ticks. Ticks from Missouri, Kentucky, and North Carolina contained E. chaffeensis DNA of the Arkansas strain genotype. Ticks from North Carolina also contained ehrlichiae of the Sapulpa strain genotype, originally identified in Oklahoma.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9230803 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.679
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345