Seroprevalence and geographic distribution of Dirofilaria immitis and tick-borne infections (Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, and Ehrlichia canis) in dogs from Romania

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 595-604

  Mircean, Viorica ^a   Dumitrache, Mirabela Oana ^a   Györke, Adriana ^a   Pantchev, Nikola ^b   Jodies, Robert ^c   Mihalca, Andrei Daniel ^a   Cozma, Vasile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dogs; ELISA; Romania; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; INSECTICIDE;

AGE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BREED; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MIXED INCONTINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COINFECTION; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

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

EID: 84864066737     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0915     Document Type: Article

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