The epidemiology of canine leishmaniasis: Transmission rates estimated from a cohort study in Amazonian Brazil

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-156

  Quinnell, R J ^a   Courtenay, O ^a   Garcez, L ^b   Dye, C ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Canine leishmaniasis; Domestic dog; Incidence rate; Leishmania infantum; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BONE MARROW; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARASITEMIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 0030814459     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001200     Document Type: Article

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