Domestic cats as indicators of the presence of spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-111

  Matthewman, Linda ^a,b   Kelly, Patrick ^b,c   Hayter, Diane ^b   Downie, Susan ^b   Wray, Kylie ^c   Bryson, Nigel ^d   Rycroft, Andrew ^a   Raoult, Didier ^e  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^d SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

cats; rickettsiae; serosurvey; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CATS; DISEASE VECTORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031047693     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007375718204     Document Type: Article

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