Diagnosis of canine monocytotropic ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia canis): An overview

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-296

  Harrus, Shimon ^a   Waner, Trevor ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Canine monocytotropic ehrlichiosis; Diagnosis; Ehrlichia canis; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OROSOMUCOID; RNA 16S;

ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW HYPOPLASIA; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CANINE MONOCYTOTROPIC EHRLICHIOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 79951952330     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.02.001     Document Type: Review

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