Typical and atypical manifestations of anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in dogs

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Eberts, Matthew D ^a   Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva ^b,d   Beall, Melissa J ^c   Stillman, Brett A ^c   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^b  

^a Lakeland Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MINNESOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857683117     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-5578     Document Type: Article

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