Prevalence of ehrlichial infection among dogs and ticks in Northeastern Brazil;Prevalência da infecção por Ehrlichia em cães e carrapatos no Nordeste do Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 15-19

  Souza, Bárbara Maria Paraná da Silva ^a   Leal, Danielle Custódio ^a   Barboza, Débora Cristina Portela Medina ^a   Uzêda, Rosângela Soares ^a   de Alcântara, Adriano Costa ^a   Ferreira, Fernando ^b   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^b   Gondim, Luís Fernando Pita ^a   Franke, Carlos Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia; Epidemiology; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 77954258953     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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