Epidemiologic evaluation of the risk factors associated with exposure and seroreactivity to Bartonella vinsonii in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 467-471

  Pappalardo, Brandee L ^a   Correa, Maria T ^a   York, Chris C ^a   Peat, Colleen Y ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLEAS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICKS;

EID: 0031133391     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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