High prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from an Indian reservation in Northeastern Arizona

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Diniz, Pedro Paulo V P ^a   Beall, Melissa J ^b   Omark, Karina ^c   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^b   Daniluk, Daryn A ^b   Cyr, Katie E ^b   Koterski, James F ^d   Robbins, Richard G ^e   Lalo, Pamela G ^f   Hegarty, Barbara C ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Yarmouth Veterinary Center   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Hopi Veterinary Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Bartonella; Ehrlichia; Rickettsia; Sentinel

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLA VINSONII BERKHOFFII; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 77950561743     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0184     Document Type: Article

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