Ehrlichia ewingii infection and exposure rates in dogs from the southcentral United States

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 355-360

  Little, Susan E ^a   O'Connor, Thomas P ^b   Hempstead, Julie ^a   Saucier, Jill ^b   Reichard, Mason V ^a   Meinkoth, Katrina ^a   Meinkoth, James H ^a   Andrews, Blaine ^c   Ullom, Steve ^d   Ewing, Sidney A ^a   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Town and Country Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^d Timbers Vet Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Anaplasmosis; Canine; Ehrlichia ewingii; Ehrlichiosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARKANSAS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; OKLAHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODIDA;

EID: 77956012701     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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