Three clinical cases of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in cats in Poland

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-337

  Adaszek, Łukasz ^a   Górna, Marta ^a   Skrzypczak, Maciej ^b   Buczek, Krzysztof ^a   Balicki, Ireneusz ^a   Winiarczyk, Stanisław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84875356565     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X12466552     Document Type: Article

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