| ehrlichia-like organism gene found in small mammals in the suburban district of guangzhou of china. | the 16s rrna gene of ehrlichia genus was examined from the blood and spleen of 26 wild small mammals that were captured at a canine feed lot where the first case of canine ehrlichiosis was found in south of china in 1998. samples (3 blood and 1 spleen) from rattus norvegicus were positive by polymerase chain reaction. the amplimers were then cloned and sequenced. all of the 16s rrna gene sequence of these samples were found to be same and unique when compared with the other members of genus ehrl ... | 2003 | 12860609 |