Antibody and blood leukocyte response in Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) tick-infested dogs and guinea pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-59

  Szabó, Matias P J ^a,b   Aoki, Vanessa L ^a   Sanches, Françoise P S ^a   Aquino, Lúcia P T C T ^a,b   Garcia, Marcos V ^a   Machado, Rosângela Z ^a   Bechara, Gervásio H ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE FRANCA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody; Dog; Guinea pig; Hematology; Ixodidae; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GUINEA PIG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; SALIVA; TICK;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038644067     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00188-2     Document Type: Article

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