Serovar-specific prevalence and risk factors for leptospirosis among dogs: 90 Cases (1997-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1958-1963

  Ward, Michael P ^a   Guptill, Lynn F ^a   Prahl, Annalisa ^a   Wu, Ching Ching ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREED; CALCULATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SUMMER; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI SEROVAR GRIPPOTYPHOSA;

EID: 2942580718     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1958     Document Type: Article

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