Clinical, serological, and molecular evidence of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in dogs in Tunisia

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 767-774

  M'Ghirbi, Y ^a   Ghorbel, A ^b   Amouri, M ^c   Nebaoui, A ^c   Haddad, S ^d   Bouattour, A ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire   (Tunisia)

^c Department of d'Arrondissement Santé Animale ^*  (Tunisia)

^d Centre Militaire Canin   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA SP.;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA;

EID: 65549083846     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1253-4     Document Type: Article

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