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Ecological diversity of Bartonella species infection among dogs and their owner in Virginia.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Nov 2011
Cherry Natalie A, Maggi Ricardo G, Rossmeisl John H, Hegarty Barbara C, Breitschwerdt Edward B
Abstract excerpt
Bartonella species comprise a genus of gram-negative, fastidious, intracellular bacteria that have been implicated in association with an increasing spectrum of disease manifestations in dogs and human patients. In this study, chronic canine and human disease, for which causation was not diagnostically defined, were reported by the breeder of a kennel of Doberman pinschers. In addition to other diagnostic tests,...
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