Canines as sentinels for Lyme disease in San Diego County, California

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 126-129

  Olson, Patrick E ^a   Kallen, Alex J ^a   Bjorneby, John M ^b   Creek, Jean G ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ANTECH DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c S Diego Co Dept of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034154427     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870001200204     Document Type: Article

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