Seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii and concurrent bartonella spp., feline immunodeficiency virus, and feline leukemia virus infections in cats from Grenada, West Indies

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1129-1133

  Dubey, J P ^a   Lappin, M R ^a,b   Kwok, O C H ^a   Mofya, S ^a,c   Chikweto, A ^a,c   Baffa, A ^a,c   Doherty, D ^a,c   Shakeri, J ^a,c   MacPherson, C N L ^a,c   Sharma, R N ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FELID; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOAN; VIRUS;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRENADA; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

BARTONELLA; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 71849099909     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2114.1     Document Type: Article

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