Experimental infection and co-infection of dogs with Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis: Hematologic, serologic and molecular findings

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gaunt, S D ^a   Beall, M J ^b   Stillman, B A ^b   Lorentzen, L ^b   Diniz, P P V P ^c   Chandrashekar, R ^b   Breitschwerdt, E B ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 77950680848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-33     Document Type: Article

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