Occurrence of dirofilaria immitis and tick-borne infections caused by anaplasma phagocytophilum, borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and ehrlichia canis in domestic dogs in france: Results of a countrywide serologic survey

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Pantchev, Nikola ^a   Schaper, Roland ^b   Limousin, Sandy ^c   Norden, Nina ^d   Weise, Miriam ^a   Lorentzen, Leif ^e  

^a Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c Bayer Santé Division Santé Animale   (France)

^d IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^e IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BOUCHES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 68349122542     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1501-2     Document Type: Article

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