A serological study of cohorts of young dogs, naturally exposed to ixodes ricinus ticks, indicates seasonal reinfection by borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-20

  Hovius, K E ^a   Rijpkema, S G ^b   Westers, P ^c   van der Zeijst, B A M ^d   van Asten, F J A M ^d   Houwers, D J ^d  

^a Companion Animal Hospital ‘t Heike ^*  (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Biostatistics   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Cohort study; Dogs; Serology; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0032616392     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1999.9694985     Document Type: Article

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