A cross-sectional serodiagnostic survey of canine leishmaniasis due to Leishmania chagasi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-44

  Paranhos Silva, Moacir ^a   Freitas, Luis A R ^a   Santos, Washington C ^a   Grimaldi Jr , Gabriel ^a   Pontes De Carvalho, Lain C ^a   Oliveira Dos Santos, Antonio J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029680735     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.39     Document Type: Article

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