Diagnosis of canine vector-borne diseases in young dogs: A longitudinal study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3316-3324

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Latrofa, Maria S ^a   De Paiva Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto ^b   De Caprariis, Donato ^a   Lia, Riccardo P ^a   Mencke, Norbert ^c   Stanneck, Dorothee ^c   Capelli, Gioia ^d   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA VOGELI; BABESIOSIS; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FLEA; FLY; FOLLOW UP; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOUSE; MIXED INFECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TICK;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; BABESIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77956858658     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00379-10     Document Type: Article

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