Open AccessFailure to demonstrate Babesia, Anaplasma or Ehrlichia in thrombocytopenic dogs from St Kitts
Author(s) -
Patrick Kelly,
Hélène Lucas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.475
Subject(s) - babesia , anaplasma , ehrlichia , ehrlichia canis , babesia canis , canis , babesiosis , virology , biology , immunology , antibody , serology , tick , ecology
Thrombocytopenia is common in dogs on St Kitts but there is no data on the possible etiological role played by infections with Anaplasma, Babesia and Ehrlichia, other than E. canis, which are known to occur in the Caribbean.
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