Seroepidemiology of canine babesiosis and ehrlichiosis in a hospital population

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Trapp, Silvia M ^a   Dagnone, Ana S ^a   Vidotto, Odilon ^a   Freire, Roberta L ^a   Amude, Alexandre M ^a   de Morais, Helio S Autran ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia vogeli; Brazil; Ehrlichia canis; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOG; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN BLEEDING; TICK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BABESIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BABESIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33749837223     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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