Bartonella henselae IgG antibodies are prevalent in dogs from southeastern USA

Veterinary Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 585-595

  Solano Gallego, Laia ^a   Bradley, Julie ^a   Hegarty, Barbara ^a   Sigmon, Betsy ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Dog; Serology; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 4644314037     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2004034     Document Type: Article

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