Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in dogs in the Czech Republic

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 655-661

  Kybicová, Katerina ^a   Schánilec, Pavel ^b   Hulínská, Dagmar ^a   Uherková, Lenka ^a   Kurzová, Zuzana ^a   Spejchalová, Sandra ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Borrelia; Diagnostics; Ixodes; Lyme disease; Tick(s)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DNA 16S; DNA 23S; DNA 5S; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SPACER DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CZECH REPUBLIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES; IXODIDA;

EID: 72749123788     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0127     Document Type: Article

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