Hepatozoon canis infecting dogs in the State of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-361

  Spolidorio, Mariana G ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Zago, Augusto M ^b   Donatele, Dirlei M ^c   Caliari, Késia M ^b   Yoshinari, Natalino H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Superintendência Regional de Saúde de Colatina   (Brazil)

^c Centro Universitário São Camilo Espírito Santo CUSC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Brazil; Dog; Esp rito Santo; Hepatozoon canis; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

AMBLYOMMA; AMPLICON; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASE; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HEPATOZOONOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK; URBAN AREA;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; BABESIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 68249120273     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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