Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum and Mycoplasma haemocanis infections in dogs from the United States

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 557-562

  Compton, S M ^a   Maggi, R G ^a   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Erythrocytes; Hemoplasmas; Mycoplasma; PCR

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; EFFUSION; EPERYTHROZOONOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETHARGY; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMATOPARVUM; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOCANIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNASEP GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UNITED STATES;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA SP.; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMATOPARVUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOCANIS;

EID: 84868457310     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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