Canine tick-borne diseases in pet dogs from Romania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tick-borne diseases are of substantial concern worldwide for animals as well as humans. Dogs have been a human companion for millennia, and their significant impact on human life renders disease in dogs to be of great concern. Tick-borne diseases in dogs represent a substantial diagnostic challenge for veterinarians in that clinical signs are often diffuse and overlapping. In addition, co-infections with two or more pathogens enhance this problem further. Molecular methods are useful to disentangle co-infections and to accurately describe prevalence and geographical distribution of tick-borne diseases. At this point, this information is lacking in many areas worldwide. Romania is one such area, where prevalence and distribution of several important pathogens need to be f

SUBMITTER: Andersson MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5364683 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature