Coinfection with multiple tick-borne pathogens in a Walker Hound kennel in North Carolina

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2631-2638

  Kordick, S K ^a,b   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a   Hegarty, B C ^a   Southwick, K L ^b   Colitz, C M ^a   Hancock, S I ^a   Bradley, J M ^a   Rumbough, R ^b   McPherson, J T ^b   MacCormack, J N ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BARTONELLACEAE; DOG; EHRLICHIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLACEAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIA SP.; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032767620     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2631-2638.1999     Document Type: Article

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