Detection of Babesia canis subspecies and other arthropod-borne diseases in dogs from Tirana, Albania

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 42-45

  Hamel, Dietmar ^a   Silaghi, Cornelia ^a   Knaus, Martin ^b   Visser, Martin ^b   Kusi, Ilir ^c   Rapti, Dhimiter ^d   Rehbein, Steffen ^b   Pfister, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c Klinika Veterinare   (Albania)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Arthropod borne disease; Dog; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BARTONELLA; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

ALBANIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 73449099611     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-009-1234-3     Document Type: Article

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