Genetic Variants of Ehrlichia phagocytophila1, 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: Massung, Robert F., Mauel, Michael J., Owens, Jessica H., Allan, Nancy, Courtney, Joshua W., Stafford, Kirby C., Mather, Thomas N.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3369764/