Canine visceral leishmaniasis in Sicily

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-32

  Orndorff, George R ^a   Cooper, Barbara A ^a   Smith, William ^b   Ryan, Jeffrey R Ryan ^c  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (Italy)

^b US Army Veterinary Clinic   (Italy)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; DOG; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PSYCHODIDAE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0033969065     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.1.29     Document Type: Article

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