Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
• Eberts M D, Vissotto de Paiva Diniz P P, Beall M J, Stillman B A, Chandrashekar R & Breitschwerdt E B (2011) Typical and atypical manifestations of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in dogs. JAAHA 47, e86-94 PubMed.
• Yabsley M J, Adams D S, O'Connor T P, Chandrashekar R & Little S E (2011) Experimental primary and secondary infections of domestic dogs with Ehrlichia ewingii. Vet Microbiol 150, 315-321 PubMed.
• Nicholson W L, Allen K E, McQuiston J H, Breitschwerdt E B & Little E (2010) The increasing recognition of rickettsial pathogens in dogs and people. Trends Parasitol 26 (4), 205-212 PubMed.
• Carrade D D, Foley J E, Borjesson D L & Sykes J E (2009) Canine granulocytic anaplasmosis: a review. J Vet Intern Med 23, 1129-1141 PubMed.
• Beall M J, Chandrashekar R, Eberts M D, Cyr K E, Diniz P P, Mainville C, Hegarty B C, Crawford J M & Breitschwerdt E B (2008) Serological and molecular prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Ehrlichia species in dogs from Minnesota. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 8, 455-464 PubMed.
• Gasser A M, Birkenheuer A J & Breitschwerdt E B (2001) Canine Rocky Mountain Spotted fever: a retrospective study of 30 cases. JAAHA 37, 41-48 PubMed.

Other sources of information

• Infectious diseases of the dog and cat. (2012) C E Greene (ed). 4th edn, Elsevier Saunders:
  • Rocky Mountain and Mediterranean Spotted Fevers, cat-flea Typhus like illness, Rickettsialpox, and Typhus. C E Greene, L Kidd, E B Breitschwerdt. Chapter 27, p 259.
  • Ehrlichia and Anaplasma infections. C G Cocayne, L A Cohn. Ehrlichia ewingii infection (canine granulocytotropic ehrlichiosis) Chapter 26, p 238.
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection (canine granulocytotropic anaplasmosis). P P Diniz, E B Breitschwerdt. p 244.
  • Joint infections. C E Greene, David Bennett. p 908.