Prevalence of Bartonella species, haemoplasma species, Ehrlichia species, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Neorickettsia risticii DNA in the blood of cats and their fleas in the United States

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-90

  Lappin, Michael R ^a   Griffin, Brenda ^b   Brunt, Jane ^c   Riley, Allen ^d   Burney, Derek ^e   Hawley, Jennifer ^a   Brewer, Melissa M ^a   Jensen, Wayne A ^f  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Physiol and Pharmacol   (United States)

^c Cat Hospital at Towson   (United States)

^d VCA Becker Animal Hospital   (United States)

^e GULF COAST VETERINARY SPECIALISTS   (United States)

^f HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; FLEA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; FLEAS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MARYLAND; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BARTONELLA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; EHRLICHIA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33644828407     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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