Genetic Variants of Ehrlichia phagocytophila, Rhode Island and Connecticut

Genetic Variants of Ehrlichia phagocytophila, Rhode Island and Connecticut

Primers were used to amplify a 561-bp region of the 16S rRNA gene of Ehrlichia phagocytophila from Ixodes scapularis ticks and small mammals collected in Rhode Island and Connecticut. DNA sequences for all 50 E. phagocytophila-positive samples collected from 1996 through 1998 in southwestern Connect...

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Main Authors: Robert F. Massung, Michael J. Mauel, Jessica H. Owens, Nancy Allan, Joshua W. Courtney, Kirby C. Stafford, Thomas N. Mather
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Anaplasma phagocytophila
Connecticut
Ehrlichia phagocytophila
ehrlichiosis
Peru
Rhode Island
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/5/01-0251_article

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