Are vector-borne pathogen co-infections complicating the clinical presentation in dogs?

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  De Tommasi, Anna Sara ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Capelli, Gioia ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^d   De Caprariis, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Co infection; Dirofilaria immitis; Ehrlichia canis; Leishmania infantum

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; DOXYCYCLINE; MEGLUMINE; MELARSOMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CANINE VECTOR BORNE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; COINFECTION; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 84876159497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-97     Document Type: Article

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