Mixed Ehrlichia canis, Hepatozoon canis, and presumptive Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in a dog

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 249-251

  Mylonakis, Mathios E ^a   Koutinas, Alex F ^a   Baneth, Gad ^b   Polizopoulou, Zoe ^a   Fytianou, Anna ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaplasmosis; Cytology; Ehrlichiosis; Hepatozoonosis; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE FOSFATEX; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE; FEMALE; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; GREECE; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HEPATOZOONOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORULA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 12444297518     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2004.tb00382.x     Document Type: Article

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