First description of natural Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma platys infections in dogs from Argentina

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-173

  Eiras, Diego Fernando ^a,b   Craviotto, María Belén ^a   Vezzani, Darío ^c   Eyal, Osnat ^d   Baneth, Gad ^d  

^a Laboratorio Diagnostico en Animales Pequenos Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Argentina; Canine; Cyclic thrombocytopenia; Monocytic ehrlichiosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PLATYS INFECTION; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEPATOZOONOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BABESIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875264725     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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