Seroprevalence of equine piroplasms and host-related factors associated with infection in Greece

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 273-278

  Kouam, Marc K ^a   Kantzoura, Vaia ^a   Gajadhar, Alvin A ^b   Theis, Jerold H ^c   Papadopoulos, Elias ^d   Theodoropoulos Georgios, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Centre for Food Borne and Animal Parasitology   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; CELISA; Equine piroplasms; Relative risk; Theileria equi; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BABESIA EQUI; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RECREATION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA CABALLI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 77951256823     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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