Ehrlichial infection in Cameroonian canines by Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia ewingii

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 59-66

  Ndip, L M ^a   Ndip, R N ^a   Esemu, S N ^a   Dickmu, V L ^a   Fokam, E B ^a   Walker, D H ^b,c   McBride, J W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Canine; Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichia ewingii; Real time PCR; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAMEROON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 27644474913     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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