Survey of seroprevalence of Q fever in dogs in the southeast of France, French Guyana, Martinique, Senegal and the Ivory Coast

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Boni, Mickaël ^a,c   Davoust, Bernard ^a   Tissot Dupont, Hervé ^b,c   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a Grp de Secteurs Veterinaires   (France)

^b Centre National de Reference   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Dog; Q fever; Rickettsia; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DOG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COTE D'IVOIRE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FRANCE; GUYANA; MARTINIQUE; MICE; Q FEVER; RABBITS; SENEGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0031733579     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00247-8     Document Type: Article

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