Molecular Diagnosis, Prevalence and Importance of Zoonotic Vector-Borne Pathogens in Cuban Shelter Dogs—A Preliminary Study - Díaz-Sánchez, Adrian Alberto; Corona-González, Belkis; Meli, Marina L.; Roblejo-Arias, Lisset; Fonseca-Rodríguez, Osvaldo; Pérez Castillo, Anisleidy; Vega Cañizares, Ernesto; Lobo Rivero, Evelyn; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina (Pathogens (Basel), 2020)
Keywords: 16S rRNA; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Anaplasma platys; Anemia; Arachnids; assays; Bacteria; Blood; blood sampling; Borrelia burgdorferi; canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs); Canis; Cuba; Disease; Dogs; Ehrlichia canis; genes; Genetic diversity; genetic variation; Hematology; Hemoglobin; Infections; mixed infection; occurrence; Pathogens; Phylogeny; prevalence; Public health; real-time qPCR; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia felis; rRNA 16S; Samples; Serology; shelter dogs; Shelters; Statistical methods; strains; Thrombocytopenia; Ticks; Vectors (Biology); Zoonoses; Venezuela; Asia; North America; Europe; Cuba; Rickettsia felis; 16S rRNA; canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs); shelter dogs; Anaplasma platys; real-time qPCR; Ehrlichia canis