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Detection of Haemobartonella felis (Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis) in Australia that is similar to the 'Ohio' strain.

Differentiation of Haemobartonella canis and Mycoplasma haemofelis on the basis of comparative analysis of gene sequences.

Effect of preexisting FeLV infection or FeLV and feline immunodeficiency virus coinfection on pathogenicity of the small variant of Haemobartonella felis in cats.

Use of enrofloxacin for treatment of large-form Haemobartonella felis in experimentally infected cats.

Oesophageal stricture in a cat due to oral administration of tetracyclines.

Haemobartonella felis: recent developments in diagnosis and treatment

Production of Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α) and Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates by Ovine Peripheral Blood Leucocytes Stimulated by Ehrlichia (Cytoecetes) phagocytophila

The prevalence of Borrelia burgdorfieri (Spirochaetales: spirochaetaceae) and the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (Rickettsiaceae: Ehrlichieae) in Ixodes scapularis (Acari:Ixodidae) collected during 1998 and 1999 from Minnesota.

Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila.

More information on haemobartonellosis in dogs.

16S rDNA comparison demonstrates near identity between an United Kingdom Haemobartonella felis strain and the American California strain.

Use of a polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Haemobartonella canis in a dog.

Inoculation of two genotypes of Hemobartonella felis (California and Ohio variants) to induce infection in cats and the response to treatment with azithromycin.

Proposal to transfer some members of the genera Haemobartonella and Eperythrozoon to the genus Mycoplasma with descriptions of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemosuis' and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii'.

Use of a polymerase chain reaction assay to detect and differentiate two strains of Haemobartonella felis in naturally infected cats.

Detection and identification of spotted fever group Rickettsiae and Ehrlichiae in African ticks.

Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

Chemotherapy of haemobartonellosis in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus).

Omentalisation of perinephric pseudocysts in a cat.

Cowdria ruminantium antibodies in acaricide-treated and untreated cattle exposed to Amblyomma variegatum ticks in The Gambia.