Visceral leishmaniasis in the hoary zorro Dusicyon vetulus: A case of mistaken identity

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 498-502

  Courtenay, O ^a,b   Santana, E W ^c   Johnson, P J ^a   Vasconcelos, I A B ^c   Vasconcelos, A W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerdocyon thous; Dusicyon vetulus; Leishmania chagasi; Leishmaniasis; Reservoir host

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANIDAE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CANIDAE; CERDOCYON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS; DUSICYON VETULUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 0029858413     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90293-X     Document Type: Article

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