Tick-borne infections in dogs-An emerging infectious threat

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-301

  Chomel, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dog; Emerging disease; Protozoa; Tick borne; Vector; Virus

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRID; PERMETHRIN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATOZOONOSIS; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; THEILERIOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; TRAVEL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79960457236     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.03.040     Document Type: Article

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