Prevalence of Babesia canis, Borrelia afzelii, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in hard ticks removed from dogs in Warsaw (central Poland)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 139-142

  Zygner, Wojciech ^a   Jaros, Sławomir ^b   Wedrychowicz, Halina ^a,b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia canis; Borrelia afzelii; Poland; Ticks; Warsaw

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA CANIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 41149124800     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.036     Document Type: Article

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