| antibodies to ehrlichia canis, ehrlichia platys, and spotted fever group rickettsiae in louisiana dogs. | antibodies to ehrlichia canis, ehrlichia platys, and spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae were detected by indirect immunofluorescence in sera from 27 ill individually owned thrombocytopenic dogs (platelet concentrations less than 200,000 platelets/microliters) and 59 healthy kenneled dogs located in southern louisiana. platelet concentrations less than 100,000 platelets/microliters were detected in 63% of ill thrombocytopenic dogs and 6.8% of healthy kennel dogs. one ill thrombocytopenic dog h ... | 1988 | 3146636 |
| endemic tickborne infectious diseases in louisiana and the gulf south. | most emerging infectious diseases today, such as west nile virus and sudden acute respiratory distress syndrome (sars), arise from zoonotic reservoirs and many are transmitted by arthropod vectors. ticks are among the most competent and versatile arthropod vectors of infectious diseases because ticks of all ages and both sexes remain infectious for generations without having to reacquire infections from reservoir hosts. today, ticks transmit the most common arthropod-borne infectious disease in ... | 2009 | 20108827 |