Anaplasma phagocytophilum in dogs in Germany

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-101

  Jensen, J ^a   Simon, D ^a   Escobar, H M ^a   Soller, J T ^a,b   Bullerdiek, J ^b   Beelitz, P ^c   Pfister, K ^c   Nolte, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Dog; Germany

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERMANY; INFESTATION; IXODES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GERMANY; IXODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 33847731880     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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