Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and Hepatozoonosis in Dogs from St. Kitts, West Indies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kelly, Patrick J ^a   Xu, Chuanling ^b   Lucas, Helene ^a   Loftis, Amanda ^a   Abete, Jamie ^a   Zeoli, Frank ^a   Stevens, Audrey ^a   Jaegersen, Kirsten ^a   Ackerson, Kate ^a   Gessner, April ^a   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^c   Wang, Chengming ^b  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA CANIS ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA GIBSONI; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HEPATOZOONOSIS; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; WEST INDIES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIA SP.; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84872386228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053450     Document Type: Article

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