Seroepidemiology of Bartonella vinsonii subsp berkhoffii exposure among healthy dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 480-484

  Honadel, Thomas E ^a   Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Chang, Chao Chin ^a   Farver, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BARTONELLA; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PANAMA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PANAMA; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035882879     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.480     Document Type: Article

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