Seroprevalence of Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in dogs in North America

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Beall, Melissa J ^a   Alleman, A Rick ^b   Breitschwerdt, Ed B ^c   Cohn, Leah A ^d   Couto, C Guillermo ^e   Dryden, Michael W ^f   Guptill, Lynn C ^g   Iazbik, Cristina ^e   Kania, Stephen A ^h   Lathan, Patty ⁱ   Little, Susan E ^j   Roy, Alma ^k   Sayler, Katherine A ^b   Stillman, Brett A ^a   Welles, Elizabeth G ^l   Wolfson, Wendy ^k   Yabsley, Michael J ^m  

^a IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁱ MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

dog; E. canis; E. chaffeensis; E. ewingii; Ehrlichia; prevalence; tick

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; O ANTIGENS; PEPTIDES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84856592466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-29     Document Type: Article

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