Domestic dogs (canis familiaris) as reservoir hosts for rickettsia conorii

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-33

  Levin, Michael L ^a   Killmaster, Lindsay F ^a   Zemtsova, Galina E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Mediterranean spotted fever; Reservoir; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia conorii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; TICK; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84855429664     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0684     Document Type: Article

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