Short report: Antibodies to Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in Moroccan dogs

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-223

  Henn, Jennifer B ^a   VanHorn, Brian A ^b   Kasten, Rickie W ^a   Kachani, Malika ^b   Chomel, Bruno B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ECTOPARASITE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BARTONELLA; BLOOD; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOROCCO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RICKETTSIOSIS;

BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MOROCCO; OWNERSHIP; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33645807627     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.222     Document Type: Article

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