Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Danish horses

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hansen, Marie G B ^a   Christoffersen, Mette ^a   Thuesen, Line R ^a   Petersen, Morten R ^a   Bojesen, Anders M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; EQUIDAE;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DENMARK; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DENMARK; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LYME DISEASE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77649321169     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-52-3     Document Type: Article

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