Detection of dirofilaria immitis and Ehrlichia species in coyotes (Canis latrans), from rural Oklahoma and Texas

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 619-621

  Paras, Kelsey L ^a   Little, Susan E ^a   Reichard, Mason V ^a   Reiskind, Michael H ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Dirofilaria immitis; Ehrlichia spp.; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COYOTE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; COYOTES; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA;

EID: 84864061183     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0815     Document Type: Article

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