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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1168-1169, Vol. 37, No. 4
Department of Veterinary Internal
Medicine1 and Institute of
Parasitology,2 University of Zurich, CH-8057
Zurich, Switzerland
Received 11 August 1998/Accepted 21 December 1998
Serum samples from 1,550 red foxes in Switzerland were tested for
antibodies to the agents of canine granulocytic and monocytic ehrlichiosis by an indirect immunofluorescent technique. Forty-four (2.8%) of the samples were positive for Ehrlichia
phagocytophila, which is an antigen marker for granulocytic
ehrlichiosis. In contrast, none of the samples had antibodies specific
to Ehrlichia canis, the agent of monocytic ehrlichiosis.
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Serological Evidence of Infection with
Ehrlichia spp. in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes)
in Switzerland
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Corresponding author. Present address: University of
California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, Davis, CA 95616. Phone: (530) 752-7991. Fax: (530) 752-0414. E-mail: npusterla{at}ucdavis.edu.
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