Sero-epidemiology of canine leptospirosis in Trinidad: Serovars, implications for vaccination and public health

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-99

  Adesiyun, A A ^a   Hull Jackson, C ^a,b   Mootoo, N ^a   Halsall, S ^a   Bennett, R ^a   Clarke, N R ^a,b   Whittington, C U ^a,b   Seepersadsingh, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Leptospirosis Reference Laboratory   (Barbados)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33745071264     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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