An Ehrlichia strain from a llama (Lama glama) and llama-associated ticks (Ixodes pacificus)
1997
Barlough, J.E. | Madigan, J.E. | Turoff, D.R. | Clover, J.R. | Shelly, S.M. | Dumler, J.S.
An ehrlichia WDS identified in the blood of a diseased llama (Lama glama). Sequencing of its 16S rRNA gene showed the ehrlichia to be closely related to members of the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup. The agent was also found in a pool of ticks (Ixodes pacificus) collected at the llama site.
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