Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis, Ehrlichia canis, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma spp. and Leishmania infantum in apparently healthy and CVBD-suspect dogs in Portugal - A national serological study

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cardoso, Luís ^a,b   Mendão, Cláudio ^c   Madeira De Carvalho, Luís ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Bayer Portugal SA   (Portugal)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anaplasma spp.; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Canine Vector Borne Diseases; Dirofilaria immitis; Dogs; Ehrlichia canis; Epidemiology; In Clinic ELISA Tests; Leishmania infantum; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CANINE VECTOR BORNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SEROPREVALENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANAPLASMA; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PORTUGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84858854335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-62     Document Type: Article

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