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Survey of vector-borne agents in feral cats and first report of Babesia gibsoni in cats on St Kitts, West Indies

BACKGROUND: As there is little data on vector-borne diseases of cats in the Caribbean region and even around the world, we tested feral cats from St Kitts by PCR to detect infections with Babesia, Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and surveyed them for antibodies to Rickettsia rick...

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Autores principales: Kelly, Patrick John, Köster, Liza, Li, Jing, Zhang, Jilei, Huang, Ke, Branford, Gillian Carmichael, Marchi, Silvia, Vandenplas, Michel, Wang, Chengming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5683591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29132371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1230-1