Significance of serological testing for ehrlichial diseases in dogs with special emphasis on the diagnosis of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Waner, T ^a   Harrus, S ^a   Jongejan, F ^a   Bark, H ^a   Keysary, A ^a   Cornelissen, A W C A ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichial species; Serological testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0035808828     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00407-6     Document Type: Review

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