Prevalence and risk factors for hemoplasmas in domestic cats naturally infected with feline immunodeficiency virus and/or feline leukemia virus in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-129

  Macieira, Daniel B ^a   de Menezes, Rita de Cássia A A ^a   Damico, Cristiane B ^b   Almosny, Nádia R P ^c   McLane, Heather L ^d   Daggy, Joanne K ^e,f   Messick, Joanne B ^f  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Clínica Veterinária Gatos e Gatos   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAZIL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMORBIDITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS;

EID: 42049122822     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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