Sequential evaluation of dogs naturally infected with Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia equi, Ehrlichia ewingii, or Bartonella vinsonii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2645-2651

  Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Hegarty, Barbara C ^a   Hancock, Susan I ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLACEAE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SUPERINFECTION;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; BARTONELLACEAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031823883     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2645-2651.1998     Document Type: Article

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