Geographic distribution of babesiosis among dogs in the United States and association with dog bites: 150 Cases (2000-2003)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 942-947

  Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Correa, Maria T ^a   Levy, Michael G ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOG; DOG BITE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BITES AND STINGS; BREEDING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 25144437461     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.942     Document Type: Article

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