Emergence of novel Leptospira serovars: A need for adjusting vaccination policies for dogs?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1148-1153

  Arent, Z J ^a   Andrews, S ^b   Adamama Moraitou, K ^c   Gilmore, C ^a   Pardali, D ^c   Ellis, W A ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dog; Leptospira; leptospirosis; MAT; vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; LEPTOSPIRA ANTIBODY; LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CARE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; VACCINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GREECE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84870562667     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002087     Document Type: Article

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