Capillary and venous Babesia canis rossi parasitaemias and their association with outcome of infection and circulatory compromise

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 18-29

  Böhm, Marlies ^a   Leisewitz, Andrew L ^a   Thompson, Peter N ^a   Schoeman, Johannes P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia canis rossi; Capillary parasitaemia; Circulation; Outcome; Venous parasitaemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS ROSSI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ERYTHROCYTE; HOSPITALIZATION; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITEMIA; SHOCK; STAINING; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; ODDS RATIO; PARASITEMIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BABESIA CANIS ROSSI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33746423547     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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