Canine leishmaniosis in Cyprus due to Leishmania infantum MON 1

Acta Tropica

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-178

  Deplazes, P ^a   Grimm, F ^a   Papaprodromou, M ^b   Cavaliero, T ^a   Gramiccia, M ^c   Christofi, G ^b   Christofi, N ^b   Economides, P ^b   Eckert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^c Laboratorio di Parassitologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniosis; Cyprus; Epidemiology; Leishmania infantum; Zymodeme analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CYPRUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIMNATIS;

EID: 0032531167     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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