Environmental factors associated with Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii seropositivity in free-ranging coyotes from Northern California

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-119

  Beldomenico, P M ^a,b   Chomel, Bruno B ^b   Foley, J E ^b   Sacks, B N ^b   Baldi, C J ^a,b   Kasten, R W ^b   Gardner, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii; Canis latrans; Coyote; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSPECIES; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COYOTES; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; RAIN; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 23844515693     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.110     Document Type: Article

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