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SUBMITTER: Barlough JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC229723 | biostudies-other | 1997 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Barlough J E JE Madigan J E JE Turoff D R DR Clover J R JR Shelly S M SM Dumler J S JS
Journal of clinical microbiology 19970401 4
An ehrlichia was 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. ...[more]