Antibiotic clearance of Ehrlichia canis from dogs infected by intravenous inoculation of carrier blood

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 263-269

  Schaefer, John J ^a   Kahn, Jonathan ^a   Needham, Glen R ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Ewing, S A ^b   Stich, R W ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Doxycycline; Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichiosis; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rifampin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CANINE MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 57849097280     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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