Serological survey of ehrlichia canis in stray Dogs from Yucatan, Mexico, using Two different diagnostic tests

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-211

  Jimenez Coello M ^a   Perez Osorio C ^a   Vado Solis I ^a   Rodriguez Buenfil J C ^a   Ortega Pacheco, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia canis; IFA; IPT; Prevalence; Stray dogs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOLD STANDARD; INDIRECT IMMUNOPEROXIDASE TECHNIQUE; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEXICO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 65249112054     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0039     Document Type: Article

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