Anaplasma phagocytophilum seroprevalence in equids: A survey in Sicily (Italy)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 951-955

  Giudice, Elisabetta ^a   Giannetto, Claudia ^a   Furco, Vincenzo ^a   Alongi, Angela ^b,c   Torina, Alessandra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Centro di Referenza Nazionale per Babesia   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DONKEY; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SICILY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84866032663     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2854-5     Document Type: Article

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