Hepatozoon spp Infections in the United States

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1221-1238

  Allen, Kelly E ^a   Johnson, Eileen M ^a   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Apicomplexa; Hepatozoon spp; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMAZINE; DECOQUINATE; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE; PONAZURIL; PYRIMETHAMINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HEPATOZOONOSIS; HOST; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; RELAPSE; REVIEW; TICK; TROPISM; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82755162063     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: 18781306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2011.08.006     Document Type: Review

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