Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Bartonella in ticks and fleas from dogs and cats in Bangkok

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1335-1341

  Foongladda, Suporn ^a   Inthawong, Dutsadee ^a   Kositanont, Uraiwan ^a   Gaywee, Jariyanart ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Bartonella; Ehrlichia; fleas; Rickettsia; ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLTA; PROTEIN PAP31; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA; FLEA; FLEA INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THAILAND; TICK;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; CATS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA SP.; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 80053637067     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0174     Document Type: Article

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