Ehrlichiosis in Brazil;Erliquiose no Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  da Costa Vieira, Rafael Felipe ^a   Biondo, Alexander Welker ^b,c   Guimarães, Ana Marcia Sá ^d   dos Santos, Andrea Pires ^d   dos Santos, Rodrigo Pires ^e   Dutra, Leonardo Hermes ^a   de Paiva Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto ^f   de Morais, Helio Autran ^g   Messick, Joanne Belle ^d   Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^h   Vidotto, Odilon ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^f WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Ehrlichia sp.; Humans; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BRAZIL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; PETS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIA MURIS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EHRLICHIA SP.; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 79955164196     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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