Reliability of serological methods for detection of leishmaniasis in Portuguese domestic and wild reservoirs

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 747-750

  Semiao Santos S J ^a   Abranches, P ^b   Silva Pereira, M C D ^b   Santos Gomes, G M ^b   Fernandes, J P ^c   Vetter, J C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canine; Direct agglutination test; Immunofluorescence technique; Leishmaniasis; Vulpine

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; FOXES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030274758     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761996000600018     Document Type: Article

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