Canine visceral leishmaniasis in the great Athens area, Greece

Parasite

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-130

  Sideris, V ^a   Karagouni, E ^a   Papadopoulou, G ^a   Garifallou, A ^a   Dotsika, Eleni N ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens; Dog; Epidemiology; Greece; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GREECE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

EID: 0030159982     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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