Identification of Ehrlichia canis in East Africa.
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1976Author
Kaminjolo, JS Jr.
Nyindo, MBA
Sayer, PD
Rurangirwa, F
Johnson, LW
Hird, SF
Rosenbaum, E
Maxie, LLS
Ogaa, JS
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The organism was identified in a dog in Kenya. Transmission studies to two dogs resulted in signs of ehrlichiosis including thrombocytopenia, pyrexia, reduction in packed cell volume, and presence of E. canis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
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http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19762279785.html?resultNumber=14&start=10&q=au%3A%22Kaminjolo%2C+J.+S.%2C+Jr.%22http://hdl.handle.net/11295/86889
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Veterinary Record 1976 Vol. 99 No. 22 pp. 434-435Publisher
University of Nairobi