Leptospiral seroepidemiology in a feline hospital population in Greece

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 615-616

  Mylonakis, M E ^a   Bourtzi Hatzopoulou, E ^a   Koutinas, A F ^a   Petridou, E ^a   Saridomichelakis, M N ^a   Leontides, L ^b   Siochu, A ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTERVIEW; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 19044391593     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.19.615     Document Type: Article

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