Seroprevalence of antibodies against spotted fever group Rickettsia among dogs and humans in Okinawa, Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-87

  Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuneki, Akemi ^a   Inokuma, Hisashi ^b   Kumazawa, Norichika ^c   Jahana, Yoshihide ^d   Kiyuuna, Tsuyoshi ^e   Okabayashi, Tamaki ^a   Muramatsu, Yasukazu ^a   Ueno, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Chiharu ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d Noah Animal Hospital   (Japan)

^e Okinawa Prefectural Animal Pound and Protection Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dog; Okinawa; Serological survey; Spotted fever group rickettsia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROPREVALENCE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0035128661     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2001.tb01262.x     Document Type: Article

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