Publications

prevalence of select vector-borne pathogens in stray and client-owned dogs from algiers.	data on the prevalence of vector-borne diseases agents infecting canines in algeria is currently lacking. the purpose of this study is to assess by serological and molecular methods the prevalence of select arthropod borne-bacterial infections in client-owned and stray dogs. antibodies to anaplasma phagocytophilum were the most prevalent at 47.7%, followed by borrelia burgdorferi s.l. at 37.6%, ehrlichia canis at 30.0%, bartonella henselae at 32.4% and bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii at 27 ...	2015	25638478
molecular evidence of vector-borne pathogens in dogs and cats and their ectoparasites in algiers, algeria.	in algeria, only limited information is currently available on the prevalence of emergent canine and feline vector-borne diseases. the aim of the present work was to detect by qpcr vector-associated bacteria in stray dogs and cats and their ectoparasites from algiers. 18/117 (15.38%) dogs and 2/107 (1.87%) cats were positive for at least one vector-borne agent. coxiella burnetii and bartonella henselae were identified in 1/117 (0.85%) dog individually. ehrlichia canis dna was detected in 17/117 ...	2016	27012917