Persistence of antibodies to Rickettsia conorii in dogs

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 849, Issue , 1998, Pages 441-443

  Tesouro, M A ^a   Bacellar, F ^b   Sainz, A ^a   Filipe, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CEVDI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 0031824638     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11092.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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