Azotemia and mortality among Babesia microti-like infected dogs

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-146

  Camacho, A Tomas ^a   Guitian, F Javier ^b   Pallas, Estrella ^c   Gestal, Juan Jesus ^d   Olmeda, A Sonia ^e   Goethert, Heidi K ^f,g   Telford III, Sam R ^f,g   Spielman, Andrew ^f  

^a Laboratorio Lema and Bandin   (Spain)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nephropathy; Piroplasmosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Theileria annae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG DISEASE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; UREMIA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UREMIA;

BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; THEILERIA ANNAE;

EID: 1642266954     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2004)18<141:AAMABM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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