Molecular characterization of Anaplasma platys strains from dogs in Sicily, Italy

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  De La Fuente, José ^a,b   Torina, Alessandra ^c   Naranjo, Victoria ^b   Nicosia, Silviane ^c   Alongi, Angelina ^c   La Mantia, Francesco ^c   Kocan, Katherine M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIALES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; DOG; DOG DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; SICILY;

EID: 33747687812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-2-24     Document Type: Article

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