Prevalence of serum antibodies against Bartonella species in the serum of cats with or without uveitis

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Fontenelle, Jennifer P ^a   Powell, Cynthia C ^a   Hill, Ashley E ^a   Radecki, Steven V ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UVEITIS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 38949202405     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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