Serological evidence of exposure to Rickettsia, Bartonella and Ehrlichia spp. in healthy or Leishmania infantum infected dogs from Barcelona
Roura, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari)
Breitschwerdt, Edward (North Carolina State University. Department of Clinical Sciences and the Vector Borne Disease)
Lloret, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari)
Ferrer i Caubet, Lluís (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Hegarty, B. (North Carolina State University. Department of Clinical Sciences and the Vector Borne Disease)

Date:	2005
Abstract:	Fifty dogs from the area around Barcelona, Spain, were evaluated for serologic evidence of exposure to vector-borne pathogens. Dirofilaria immitis, Ehrlichiacanis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Leishmania infantum, Bartonella vinsonii subspecies berkhoffi, and Rickettsia rickettsii antigens were used for testing purposes. Seroreactivity was determined in 3 different groups of dogs that were categorized based upon their L infantum infection status: uninfected healthy dogs (group 1), L infantum-infected healthy dogs (group 2), and L infantum-infected dogs with clinical manifestations consistent with leishmaniasis (group 3). Of the 50 dogs included in this study, 49 had serologic evidence of exposure to at least 1 organism for which testing was performed.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Canine ; Serology ; Co-infections ; Leishmaniasis
Published in:	The Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine, Vol. 3 Núm. 2 (2005) , ISSN 1559-470X

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