Feline haemoplasma in Switzerland: Identification of a novel species, diagnosis, prevalence, and clinical importance;Feline haemoplasmen in der Schweiz: Identifikation einer neuen spezies, diagnose, prävalenz und klinische bedeutung

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-150

  Willi, Barbara ^a   Boretti, F S ^a   Baumgartner, C ^a   Cattori, V ^a   Meli, M L ^a   Doherr, M G ^b   Reusch, C E ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cats; Diagnostics; Haemobartonella felis; Hemotropic mycoplasma; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; RODENTIA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33644840061     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.148.3.139     Document Type: Article

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