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Emerg Infect Dis
; 15(12): 1991-3, 2009 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19961683
ABSTRACT
To determine whether Ehrlichia chaffeensis exists in Japan, we used PCR to examine blood from sika deer in Nara, Japan. Of 117 deer, 36 (31%) were infected with E. chaffeensis. The E. chaffeensis 16S rRNA base and GroEL amino acid sequences from Japan were most closely related to those of E. chaffeensis Arkansas.