Ticks and associated pathogens collected from dogs and cats in Belgium

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Claerebout, Edwin ^a   Losson, Bertrand ^b   Cochez, Christel ^c   Casaert, Stijn ^a   Dalemans, Anne Catherine ^d   De Cat, Ann ^a   Madder, Maxime ^e,f   Saegerman, Claude ^b   Heyman, Paul ^c   Lempereur, Laetitia ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Bayer Health Care   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Belgium; Borrelia; Cats; Dermacentor reticulatus; Dogs; Rickettsia; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BELGIUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DOG; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; TICK; TRAVEL;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BELGIUM; BORRELIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; RICKETTSIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; EQUIDAE; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84879053996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-183     Document Type: Article

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