Prevalence of Rickettsia species antibodies and Rickettsia species DNA in the blood of cats with and without fever

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-270

  Bayliss, Danielle B ^a   Morris, Arianne K ^a   Horta, Mauricio C ^b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b   Radecki, Steven V ^c   Hawley, Jennifer R ^a   Brewer, Melissa M ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

FELIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 61749093549     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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