Molecular and serological detection of Ehrlichia canis and Babesia vogeli in dogs in Colombia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 254-260

  Vargas Hernandez G ^a,b   Andre M R ^b   Faria, J L M ^b   Munhoz, T D ^b   Hernandez Rodriguez, M ^c   Machado, R Z ^b   Tinucci Costa, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COOPERATIVA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Babesia vogeli; Colombia; Dogs; Ehrlichia canis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RNA 16S;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA VOGELI; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COLOMBIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA SP.; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; PIROPLASMIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 84860249687     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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