A serological and bacteriological survey of dogs to detect Brucella infection in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-101

  Lopez G ^a   Ayala, S M ^b   Efron, A M ^b   Gomez C F ^a   Lucero, N E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brucella canis; Brucellosis; Canine brucellosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARGENTINA; BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARGENTINA; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 69449085235     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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