Serological and molecular prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Ehrlichia species in dogs from Minnesota

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-464

  Beall, Melissa J ^a   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^a   Eberts, Matthew D ^b   Cyr, Katie E ^a   Diniz, Pedro Paulo V P ^c   Mainville, Celine ^a   Hegarty, Barbara C ^c   Crawford, John M ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c  

^a IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Lakeland Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Tick(s)

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 50849111050     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0236     Document Type: Article

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