Flea species infesting dogs in Florida and Bartonella spp. prevalence rates

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 225-229

  Yore, K ^a   DiGangi, B ^b   Brewer, M ^a   Balakrishnan, N ^c   Breitschwerdt, E B ^c   Lappin, M ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella clarridgeiae; Bartonella rochalimae; Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii; Ctenocephalides felis; Pulex spp.

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BERKHOFFII; BARTONELLA ROCHALIMAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FLEA; FLEA INFESTATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULEX; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; PULEX; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KHOLERAE; BARTONELLA ROCHALIMAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; BC; BH; BK; BR; BVB; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; EDTA; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; PULEX SPP.;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; FLORIDA; GENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 84890566735     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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