| sequential evaluation of dogs naturally infected with ehrlichia canis, ehrlichia chaffeensis, ehrlichia equi, ehrlichia ewingii, or bartonella vinsonii. | historically, disease manifestations in dogs seroreactive to ehrlichia canis antigens by indirect immunofluorescent antibody testing have been attributed to infection with either e. canis or ehrlichia ewingii. a 1996 study by dawson and colleagues provided pcr evidence that healthy dogs from southeastern virginia could be naturally infected with ehrlichia chaffeensis. this observation stimulated us to determine which ehrlichia spp. infected sick dogs that were referred to our hospital from the s ... | 1998 | 9705408 |
| ecological diversity of bartonella species infection among dogs and their owner in virginia. | abstract 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, serology, polymerase chain reaction, and enrichment blood culture were used ... | 2011 | 21736485 |