An investigation into the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Bartonella spp., feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) in cats in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1029-1033

  Tiao, N ^a   Darrington, C ^a   Molla, B ^a   Saville, W J A ^a   Tilahun, G ^b   Kwok, O C H ^c   Gebreyes, W A ^a   Lappin, M R ^d   Jones, J L ^e   Dubey, J P ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; cats; epidemiology; Ethiopia; humans; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84875984990     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001707     Document Type: Article

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