Association between Anaplasma phagocytophilum seroprevalence in dogs and distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Latvia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 83-88

  Berzina, Inese ^a   Capligina, Valentina ^c   Bormane, Antra ^b   Pavulina, Agne ^c   Baumanis, Viesturs ^c   Ranka, Renate ^c   Granta, Rita ^d   Matise, Ilze ^a  

^a LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

^b Infectiology Center of Latvia   (Latvia)

^c LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

^d INSTITUTE OF FOOD SAFETY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

A. phagocytophilum; Dog; I. persulcatus; I. ricinus; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

16S RIBOSOMA RNA GENE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANINE GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; DOG; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; LATVIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEROPREVALENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IXODES; LATVIA; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84872605943     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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