The dog as an epidemiological marker of Rickettsia conorii infection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 241-242

  Ortuno A ^a   Pons, I ^a,b   Nogueras, M M ^b   Castella J ^a   Segura, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Oncología Médica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 73049097087     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02158.x     Document Type: Article

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