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Seroprevalence and risk factors for Rickettsia felis exposure in dogs from Southeast Queensland and the Northern Territory, Australia

BACKGROUND: The recent detection of Rickettsia felis DNA in dogs in Australia suggests that dogs are potential mammalian reservoir hosts for this emerging rickettsia. To date, there is no published report addressing the seroprevalence of R. felis in dogs in Australia. METHODS: Antigens for R. felis...

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Autores principales: Hii, Sze-Fui, Abdad, Mohammad Y, Kopp, Steven R, Stenos, John, Rees, Robert L, Traub, Rebecca J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23731951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-159