Observed prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in domestic animals in Sicily, Italy during 2003-2005

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-15

  Torina, A ^a   Vicente, J ^b   Alongi, A ^a   Scimeca, S ^a   Turla R ^c   Nicosia, S ^a   Di Marco, V ^a   Caracappa, S ^a   De La Fuente, J ^b,d  

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

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

^c Sanity Local Agency   (Italy)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Ehrlichia; Rickettsia; Theileria; Tick

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOAT; HORSE; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SHEEP; SWINE; THEILERIA; THEILERIOSIS; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOATS; HORSES; ITALY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SWINE; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIA; SUIDAE; THEILERIA;

EID: 33847275170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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