Detection of Rickettsia conorii strains in Portuguese dogs (Canis familiaris)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-122

  Alexandre, Nuno ^a   Santos, Ana Sofia ^c   Bacellar, Fátima ^c   Boinas, Fernando Jorge ^b   Núncio, Maria Sofia ^c   de Sousa, Rita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dog; Mediterranean spotted fever; R. conorii Israeli tick typhus strain; R. conorii Malish strain; Sentinel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SMEAR; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FEVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORTUGAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 79957821399     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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