Febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii infection in dogs from Sicily

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1985-1988

  Solano Gallego, Laia ^a   Kidd, Linda ^b   Trotta, Michele ^c   Di Marco, Marco ^a   Caldin, Marco ^a   Furlanello, Tommaso ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward ^a  

^a Laboratorio Veterinario Privato San Marco   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clinica Veterinaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FEVER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 33845465591     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060326     Document Type: Article

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