Short report: A survey of antibodies against Rickettsia rickettsii and Ehrlichia chafeensis in domestic animals from a rural area of Colombia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1029-1030

  Hidalgo, Marylin ^b   Vesga, Juan Fernando ^b   Lizarazo, Diana ^b   Valbuena, Gustavo ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COLOMBIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; HORSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RURAL AREA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RURAL POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COLOMBIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 66949171020     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.1029     Document Type: Article

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