Seroprevalence survey of equine lyme borreliosis in France and in Sub-Saharan Africa

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 535-537

  Maurizi, Laurent ^a   Marié, Jean Lou ^b   Aoun, Olivier ^c   Courtin, Céline ^d   Gorsane, Slim ^e   Chal, Daniel ^f   Davoust, Bernard ^g  

^a Service Vétérinaire du Régiment de Cavalerie de la Garde Républicaine   (France)

^b Secteur Vétérinaire de Marseille   (France)

^c Service Médical d'Unité du 6e12e Régiment de Cavalerie   (France)

^d Secteur Vétérinaire de Metz   (France)

^e Secteur Vétérinaire de Ch lons en Champagne   (France)

^f Secteur Vétérinaire de Strasbourg   (France)

^g Direction Regionale du Service de Sante des Armees de Toulon   (France)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; ELISA; Epidemiology; Horse; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; FRENCH GUIANA; HORSE DISEASES; VETERINARY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EQUIDAE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRENCH GUIANA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77954193863     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0083     Document Type: Article

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