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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2007, p. 2716-2719, Vol. 45, No. 8
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01102-07
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Molecular Evidence of a New Strain of Ehrlichia canis from South America

Departments of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology,¹ Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506,² Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru³

Received 31 May 2007/ Accepted 3 June 2007

Blood samples from dogs with clinical signs compatible with ehrlichiosis were examined for infection of Ehrlichia canis using PCR, multiplex real-time PCR, and DNA sequencing analysis. Eleven of 25 samples were positive for a new strain of E. canis. This is the first molecular identification of E. canis infection in dogs from Peru.

Published ahead of print on 27 June 2007.

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