A case-control study of sporadic canine blastomycosis in Tennessee, USA

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 843-852

  Chen, Thomas ^a   Legendre, Alfred M ^a   Bass, Chris ^b   Mays, Shannon E ^c   Odoi, Agricola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Roane Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^c MARYVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastomycosis; Canine; Case control study; Clustering; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BREED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PH MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOIL PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TENNESSEE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 56149083635     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802140915     Document Type: Article

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