Prevalence of antibodies against Rickettsia conorii, Babesia canis, Ehrlichia canis, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum antigens in dogs from the Stretto di Messina area (Italy)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 315-318

  Pennisi, Maria Grazia ^a   Caprì, Alessandra ^a   Solano Gallego, Laia ^b   Lombardo, Gabriella ^a   Torina, Alessandra ^c   Masucci, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Dog; Kennel; Rickettsia conorii; Seroprevalence; Stretto di Messina; Tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; ITALY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PIROPLASMOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BITE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ITALY; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 84870410326     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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