Canine bartonellosis: Serological and molecular prevalence in Brazil and evidence of co-infection with Bartonella henselae and Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii

Veterinary Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 697-710

  Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto De Paiva ^a   Maggi, Ricardo Guillermo ^a   Schwartz, Denise Saretta ^b   Cadenas, María Belén ^a   Bradley, Julie Meredith ^a   Hegarty, Barbara ^a   Breutschwerdt, Edward Bealmear ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bartonella infections; Brazil; Culture; Dogs; Heart disease

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BRAZIL; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INOCULATION; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; IXODIDA;

EID: 35048820798     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2007023     Document Type: Article

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