Molecular Detection and Characterization of Tick-borne Pathogens in Dogs and Ticks from Nigeria

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kamani, Joshua ^a   Baneth, Gad ^b   Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^c   Waziri, Ndadilnasiya E ^a   Eyal, Osnat ^b   Guthmann, Yifat ^b   Harrus, Shimon ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; HEPATOZOONOSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 84875973662     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002108     Document Type: Article

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