Current surveys on the prevalence and distribution of dirofilaria spp. in dogs in Germany

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Pantchev, Nikola ^a   Norden, Nina ^b   Lorentzen, Leif ^c   Rossi, Marco ^d   Rossi, Ulrike ^d   Brand, Bastian ^d   Dyachenko, Viktor ^e  

^a Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Kleintierpraxis Dr Rossi   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD; BORRELIA; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GERMANY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

EID: 68249151997     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1497-7     Document Type: Article

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