Seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii and bartonella spp. Antibodies in cats from pennsylvania

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-580

  Dubey, J P ^a   Bhatia, C R ^a,b   Lappin, M R ^a,c   Ferreira, L R ^a   Thorn, A ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Women's Humane Society   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FELID; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; SERUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TOXOPLASMA;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

BARTONELLA; FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 73949124219     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1933.1     Document Type: Article

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