Serological confirmation of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in dogs in the Czech Republic

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-238

  Pejchalová, Keith ^a   Zakovska A ^a   Fucik K ^b   Schanilec P ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Central Military Institute of Health   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Borrelia burgdorferi; Czech Republic; Dogs; ELISA; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MILITARY SERVICE; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CZECH REPUBLIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LYME DISEASE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 31544456068     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3214-7     Document Type: Article

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