Serological survey of Rickettsia japonica infection in dogs and cats in Japan

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1526-1528

  Tabuchi, Masae ^a   Jilintai, ^a   Sakata, Yoshimi ^b   Miyazaki, Naomi ^c   Inokuma, Hisashi ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FEVER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; JAPAN; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 37349057814     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00333-07     Document Type: Article

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