Use of a leishmanin skin test in the detection of canine Leishmania-specific cellular immunity

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-220

  Cardoso, L ^a   Neto, F ^a   Sousa, J C ^b   Rodrigues, M ^a   Cabral, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dog; Leishmania sp. diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOG; FEMALE; IMMUNE STATUS; LEISHMANIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SKIN TEST; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BONE MARROW; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0031750916     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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