Risk factors associated with leptospirosis in dogs from northern California: 2001-2010

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 733-739

  Hennebelle, Janemarie H ^a   Sykes, Jane E ^a   Foley, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Leptospirosis; Statistical analysis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; NITROGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOG; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; HOSPITAL COST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES; UREMIA; VACCINATION; VOMITING; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREEDING; CALIFORNIA; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERINARY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREEDING; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84912021050     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1624     Document Type: Article

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