The increasing recognition of rickettsial pathogens in dogs and people

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 205-212

  Nicholson, William L ^a   Allen, Kelly E ^b   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c   Little, Susan E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFE CYCLE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 77949488894     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.01.007     Document Type: Review

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